St. Helens - the-entertainers.tv • Re: Wigan game
St pete wrote:
I recall Cummings on sky explaining the cannon ball tackle and I recall him saying you can attack the legs from behind as the legs naturally bend in that direction
We (as a sport) seem to generally ignore rules and instead decide how to interpret them instead. Going off what is written in the write ups from the disciplinary all forms of potentially dangerous contact focus on whether the joint involved was taken beyond its normal range of movement or not. By that reasoning to go in at the back of the knees would be considered legal.
As I said on the VT, I hate it when players enter a tackle in that way. If I could write the rules I would change them to make it an offence for any secondary contact below the waist. With that wording it is simple to officiate. The other one that imo needs more focus on is a crusher, probably only equalled in severity with a spear tackle with both potentially leaving players in a wheelchair.
Statistics: Posted by Trainman — Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:28 pm