This is an argument I made when the big uproar came about high tackles etc, there will be far more injuries with players tackling lower, as is proven here, 2 fantastic tackles - but they have a much higher chance to cause serious injury than a tackle around the shoulder which we are now outlawing!!!
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Can I suggest players stop at first contact with a defender, nobody should get hurt then. Asiata clearly attempts a tackle in both instances with arms apart,
Saddened! wrote:The tackles on Paasi and Walmsley in the semi final yesterday were horrific. The fear is Paasi's career is over as is Walmsley's season at least. Jon Wilkin has posted this on his Instagram this morning. Having looked at the tackles yesterday again repeatedly, they are some of the most cynical, deliberate attempts to injure that I've ever seen. It'll be interesting to see what the Match Review Panel make of it, as it's hard to judge whether they will even be ruled to be illegal at all. They could apply the shoulder charge rule to it I guess or throw a general misconduct type charge at it. There is a strong possibility it will just be ignored too, as Kendall did nothing but wince.
The closest thing I've ever seen to this technique was Vila Mata'utia when he used to do it for Saints, but when he had the ball. I didn't like it then either and I think it was quickly outlawed. If it's the case that they find these tackles to not be against any rules, they need to change them. It had a 100% success rate in injurying opponents yesterday and the last thing we need is a raft of players having to retire as it's open season on lower legs and knee joints. It's going to cause some truly horrific injuries if it's allowed to continue.
I suspect a lot of trolls will fire back with 'nothing in it' and find it funny as it's most likely ended Saints hopes this season, but whilst 'there's nothing in it' might apply to the current rules, it cannot be left there. You can't have tackles like that in the game, it has to be stopped one way or the other.
so no mention of late head high shots.typical of unbiased Mr wilkin.
maurice wrote:Can I suggest players stop at first contact with a defender, nobody should get hurt then. Asiata clearly attempts a tackle in both instances with arms apart,
He doesn't though. He drops the shoulder dangerously/recklessly into the planted knee of a player. It's insanely dangerous and incredibly stupid, for both the ball carrier and the tackler. Had he made either of those tackles on the torso of the player, he'd have been sent off, there are no arms in either of them, only shoulder. In a normal tackle on the legs, you hold the legs to send the player down in line with their own momentum, which is relatively safe. With that technique, he's sending the knee joint the other way, the way it doesn't bend. It's crazy technique. He's effectively doing a cannonball from the front, it's absolute madness. It's either going to mangle the leg of the ball carrier or knock himself out in the majority of cases.
To suggest those were in any way good tackles or normal technique is bizarre.
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