Masoe_eats_babies
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Surprise surprise, the lowest common denominators of society can't seem to grasp the concept of plausible deniability.
The shoulder charge is dead and buried, in the form we knew it. You wouldn't want to players to band together and sue the NRL for allowing them to play whilst knowing the risks, would you? It's a very real possibility in America with the NFL so it makes sense our reactionary administration collectively shit brix when this one came up.
The refs are letting most of them go. We've seen loads of tackles so far that, last year, the media and NRL were saying are shoulder charges. Round 1 and the refs and commentators are being suspiciously quiet when the same tackles are going in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdO0MBQJgQs (no different to the Elijah Taylor shoulder charge)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXCWVgGeg58 (Matai with the same technique as the George Rose hit that was penalised for in the All Stars game)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPCy7Bwtuhg (Same technique as the Graham hit that knocked Hoffman out last year)
After watching round 1 I realise I have no idea what a shoulder charge is!