he can aim his legs at the ball, that is all.
no. im pretty sure you cant lead with your lower legs at all. whether you hit the ball or not... you will be penalised.
If he throws the leg in before he has hold of the player then it is tripping, irregardless of whether that player falls or not,which is straight to the showers and have a few weeks.
To slide in legs first was knocked on the head when Slater tried it last year, you remember when he nailed Stewart with his boot studs?\
Its a dog act.
yup... you just proved my above point. leading with your lower legs isnt allowed. whether you get the ball or not.
so with that in mind... what is he supposed to do.... its too late for no contact to be made... so he needs to decide in a split second what to do.
As I said before and I will say it again, you have arms, shoulders and a torso, you are entitled to throw then at anywhere on the opposing players body so long as it is below the neckline.
thats where i have the problem... the whole reason this is a big deal is because contact was made with young bryson's head.
now... if hayne leads with his upperbody ... his head... his shoulder... his forearm... his elbow... are all in a position where they can cause the same result.
if he leads with lowerbody his knee and his feet can cause problems.
if any of those things make contact with bryson's head there going to cause damage. even if its accidental... its going to cause damage because as we all know the head is vulnerable.
however... if hayne makes contact with bryson's shoulder or his side... the chances of it hurting bryson will drop dramatically... the kid just gets up... walks away and we dont hear boo about it.
leading with the upperbody or lowerbody.... it makes no difference... if contact with the head is made its going to do the same thing.
its just one of those unfortunate things that can happen sometimes.
