Budgiezilla wrote:Say's who exactly, 'cry baby' Wellens ?

p.s. I hope it isn't over but I've read this nowhere.

thesaint71 wrote:Only way it was different was that Knowles got 2 extra games for ending Coopers season

thesaint71 wrote:Quite a few people have I was told this on Sunday

Saddened! wrote:The trolling on here is so bad. If you're going to throw nonsense like that in, at least make it somewhat relevant to something.

Egg Chasing wrote:Not quite.

One was a tackle against the rules of the game and one wasn't.

Saddened! wrote:It's just not. Where has this idea come from? If you look at the physics involved, throwing his shoulder and all his body weight into the planted knee, opposite the direction he's running from, it can only result in injury. A 'copybook' tackle on the lower legs is where you place your head behind the knees and use your hands to grab the legs, taking the player down using his own momentum, so he falls in the direction he's running. Players aren't taught to drop their body weight and drive their shoulder through the knee joint at all.

If players started tackling like that, there would be horrific consequences. I'm convinced most people on here haven't even seen the tackles, the responses on here are so childish. I understand the Leigh fans being defensive, but I'm not talking about bans here, I've already said it''s not against the current rules. But there's an ethical angle to it, most players wouldn't tackle like that due to how likely it is to cause injury.

Wanderer wrote:It strikes me (no pun intended) that it's simply a variation on a cannonball tackle and as such should probably treated the same and outlawed.