Hardest Player to tackle

[simon says]

I rate Gallen and Bird as two of the hardest to tackle.....both solid and low to the ground,and have a nasty fend to boot.

But how good is Tuiaki...aka TNT going???He is dynamite!!!!

Killing teams doen the left hand side........

 

[kia ora storm]

Thaiday or Inglis.

 

[caylo]

SBW is easy to tackle. Get on his back and around the legs and he's out for the count.

Liam Fulton told me he was one of the most difficult players to tackle because he was so strong, if you took him high he would ealy palm you off, and when goin low his ability to keep the ball alive is a real pain.

 

[simon says]

I think some are missing the point of the thread....we are talking tackle bust not elusive....

 

[mongoose]

greg inglis, minichello, hopefully tom learoyd lahs after a few more games.

 

[Raiding Dazz]

Inglis is the hardest as he pulls players down when he is going towards the sideline and gets back up on his feet or he palms the tacklers arms hands with the ball in hand on the defenders side he reaches around and pushes away,watch him palm off players as he is always looking where they are about to tackle him he has his eye everywhere.
he is a superstar already and he will get better which is pretty scary if your on the opposite team

 

[Timmah]

Again, we're talking tackle bust, not eluding the defence.

 

[Raiding Dazz]

thats what i mean too he can bust any tackle with his great palm off and pushes away nearly 90% of the time ,he is the greatest ball runner ive seen for years including eluding defence and takle bust

 

[Big_Bad_Shark_Fan]

Greg Bird in general for sure.

Willie Masons not the hardest to tackle, but hes the hardest to stop (as in put on his back. hence why close to the line u can tackle him but will still crash over).

kearney, tuiaki , covell, eastwood , grothe, simmons , johnson.

schifcofkse was never put down first. he stopped , swerved , ducked, jinked, ran one way, ran the other, beat about 7 defenders, gaining a whole 7 metres in the process.

 

[Raiding Dazz]

Well watch Inglis next time he runs into a defender and watch him read there defensive move against him i bet he gets close to making them look like a fool.
with straight runners that are hard to tackle I'd say weyman,Macdougal,Webb and Civonacieva

 

[jimmythehand]

there's stats for tackle busts isn't there? Who's leading the tackle busts this year?

 

[tiger_nick]

As said im not talking about players who jink/step etc out of tackles like Bowen, Merritt etc. I mean players who run straight and hard and consistently leave people in their wake

 

[Marshall_magic]

MInichiello and McKinnon seem to be extremely powerful and have strong fends, I'd go with those 2.

 

[Parra Glory]

Greg Bird and Willie Mason

From my club: Fui Fui Moi Moi and Eric Grothe

 

[Shorty]

Mini

 

[Raiding Dazz]

The hardest player to put down would have to be Petro,he is so hard to put on his ass as he has that amazing upper body strength

 

[SilverSteeler]

Best tackle buster Wade McKinnon for sure.

Yeah Michael Hancock, pure tackle busting fury.

 

[Raiding Dazz]

if u going back to hancock then mighty Big Mal Meninga must rate no 1 of all time

 

[Dutchy]

Jamie Lyon waits for the parra fans

 

[league]

Mini, Bowen, Gasnier, Hodges, Mason. In no order.