Best big hits of the modern era

[JB04]

Watching some of these videos, f**k me. Bring back the shoulder charge. Stupid rule. If there’s contact with the head, penalty, otherwise play on. Got sent off that many times playing schoolboy rugby for shoulder hits and they make for great spectating.

 

[thorson1987]

I’m not sure if the video was ever online but probably the best tackle I’ve seen was Lincoln Withers on a Matt Utai kick return. Utai at the Dogs but can’t remember which club Withers was at.

Not sure if anyone else saw/remembers but he was first to meet a rampaging Utai with a full head of steam in his prime, and picked him and drove through with the legs. Withers was a small bloke but it was ruthless.

It probably doesn’t qualify in terms of hurt on the defender but it was a great tackle and the type you’d coach young kids rather than lining up and blindsiding guys like a lot of these.

Loved seeing tackles like that.

Also when Nigel Plum would pull off one of his hits.

 

[Knuckle-dragger]

And by the modern era I pretty much mean everything after Inglis almost killed Dean Young and got the shoulder charge banned.

This old-fashioned clean and hard hit by NSW Legend Matt Prior on the Coffs Harbour Incident always makes my dick bust concrete...

 

[Old Mate]

Going back a bit but the one that I’ll always remember was a Ruben Wiki hit on Adrian Lam at the then Bruce Stadium on a freezing Friday night. Absolutely smashed.

 

[Travitoh]

Sia Soliola on Billy Slater in 2017 was my personal favourite.

 

[gUt]

 

[Generalzod]

 

[Knuckle-dragger]

 

[mave]

Penalty Souths !!

 

[Corner_Post]

Watching some of these videos, f**k me. Bring back the shoulder charge. Stupid rule. If there’s contact with the head, penalty, otherwise play on. Got sent off that many times playing schoolboy rugby for shoulder hits and they make for great spectating.

Can’t agree with this one. With the build and strength of athletes these days and the focus on long term rugby league welfare shoulder charges are highly dangerous. If you recall, they banned it because of some really bad ones including the death of a prop in a Queensland comp and the hit on Matt Frawley which put him in intensive care with bruising of the brain. Having any of these bad hits opens it up for liability issues, affects reputation of games including concerns for people wanting their children to play etc. Yes, they are good when they come off well but the percentages are not high and when they don’t come off they’re ugly.