What's wrong with these pictures....and the NRL late to the party AGAIN!!!

As a 10 year old when I was taught how to tackle it was always "hit them front on at waist level and then slide down the legs using your body weight to bring the player down"

I don't see how what Thompson is doing is any different to that.

If a halfback gets steam rolled by a front rower and breaks a bone on impact, we wouldn't be ruling out halfbacks tackling props.

I can understand the desire for consistency but with a game that is constantly evolving and coaches constantly tweaking their technique, you will never have consistent refereeing
 
I’ve got a simple set of demands:

- Tackling Kalyn Ponga too hard is a new category of offence, resulting in a 12 week suspension.
- If a player has a really **** haircut, eg Ryan P’s current monstrosity, hair pulling should be legal against that player.
- Retrospective penalties given to Billy Slater for sliding in with his feet; all premiership rings forcibly removed from his house.
- All decisions about suspensions referred to me; eg PVL calls me and says “what do you reckon Harvey? Rugba leeg” and I say “ah yeah mate give him 5 weeks, he’s a ****head. Rugba leeg”.
- Nathan Cleary punished for his COVID breaches by being forced to sign a 10 year contract with the Newcastle Knights.
 
I think tackling a player in the air is more dangerous but doesn’t carry a fine or suspension. Was Thompson meant to let him go? I think it’s as black and white as it gets
 
packo said:
A hip drop for mine. (Not sure what the rule states)

When a defending player is attempting to tackle the attacking player, but the attacking player is standing upright and using his strength to resist the tackle.

Defending player places a leg behind the attacking players legs and trips him by sweeping the legs and using momentum, causing the attacking player to the ground.

I’m fairly sure I sure Frizz do this in the last trial.
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its a hip drop when the defender has hold of the ball carriers waist and then takes his own weight of the ground, which often results in the players legs getting caught under the defenders body when he returns to the ground.
 
100% a hip drop you blokes are blind!

Contact sport my *** its an illegal tactic and one the storm used a lot, very dangerous.

He 100% lifts his body off the ground so his weight brings him down, he isnt trying to injure him just stop his momentum with dead weight
 
You are blind mate, its not letting him go, you slide down the legs with your arms mate, he drops his weight on purpose they are coached by wrestlers to do this
packo said:
I think tackling a player in the air is more dangerous but doesn’t carry a fine or suspension. Was Thompson meant to let him go? I think it’s as black and white as it gets
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I’m surprised people are ok with it … just another wrestling move that has crept into our game. You don’t tackle someone by throwing all your body weight into their legs.

I dare say if the injury had come out sooner he would have got more than a fine.
 
packo said:
Surely that YouTube video and Thompson’s tackle on Dsaf is not being compared as the Same degree of seriousness
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LOL, no comparisons there Packo :lol: 😉 - just a reflection of what some would obviously still like the game to be like, based on their comments mate
packo said:
Does anyone think Thompson’s penalised if saf gets up plays the ball game continues etc?
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DSaf did get back up and Thompson wasn't penalised at the time for the incident from recollection. Pretty sure the ref told Thompson in a break in play a few minutes after the incident that the 3rd ref had ID'ed is a reportable tackle... and I think that only happened because DSaf went after him a bit at marker, after he had played ball because it had clearly injured him but play had already continued.
 
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