Is the game becoming a sport for sheilas and twinkies?

[hindy111]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/...itions-from-2013/story-fn2mcuj6-1226520629950

 

[the_apostle21]

So what are going to be in the 2013 ad campaigns? If they show shoulder charges, it will be false advertising for one, but massive hypocrisy on their part.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Well, I don't care if twinkies play the game. Good luck to them (Robbo was pretty good, and surely one of our stars is an uphill gardener). Sheilas on the other hand.....

 

[boxhead]

Might want to change the title of the thread lol, whilst it doesn't offend me it will still be taken badly by others.

 

[The EELiminator]

no more shoulder charges what will sandow do now? he might have to learn to tackle

 

[boxhead]

Actually just realized that.
Praise be! He'll actually realize that he can't charge out of the defensive line now to put a big hit on, which means he will actually change his own mind and start tackling!

 

[The EELiminator]

Actually just realized that.
Praise be! He'll actually realize that he can't charge out of the defensive line now to put a big hit on, which means he will actually change his own mind and start tackling!

maybe jarryd can teach him how to headbutt? :lol:

 

[magpie4ever]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/...itions-from-2013/story-fn2mcuj6-1226520629950

Definitely poofs - because of the girly stuff that are called scrums.

Ban the shoulder charge - no problem.

Men up and create a real scrum.

 

[SDM]

Ball and all tackles are for twinkies, I shoulder charge my wife all the time

 

[Chipmunk]

fantastic, Sandow might as well stand on the sideline in defence now if he cannot shoulder charge, because that is all he has got in defence. He cant tackle....

 

[Springs]

Definitely poofs - because of the girly stuff that are called scrums.

Ban the shoulder charge - no problem.

Men up and create a real scrum.

Yeah cause t's not like scrums have caused several neck injuries :roll:

 

[attamarrap]

This is rubbish what's next no using your arms because it can lead to spear tackles? The guys running our game have nfi

 

[Maroubra Eel]

It's a joke. If they want to make the game better they should look at cleaning up the grapples, choke holds, chicken wings, 3rd man in torpedoes etc.
Clean up the ruck before you go worrying about shoulder charges.

 

[hineyrulz]

It's a joke. If they want to make the game better they should look at cleaning up the grapples, choke holds, chicken wings, 3rd man in torpedoes etc.
Clean up the ruck before you go worrying about shoulder charges.

agree 100% ME, people watch RL because if the big hits its a collision sport FFS ! I bet more people have been injured from grapples, chicken wings and crusher tackles. But hey let's ban the shoulder instead :roll:

 

[Twizzle]

bring back the wedge

 

[Gronk]

LOL who cares. A shoulder charge would happen once every dozen games. Most coaches won't allow them because they don't wrap up the ball anyway.

Next.

 

[Sphagnum]

So, the 5 tackles Sandow actually makes every season are now all illegal.

Best 500k ever

 

[Gary Gutful]

From my perspective this proposed change wont make the game any softer. Hard hitting will still be allowed it just means that some people will have to learn some proper tackling techniques which may not be such a bad thing.

If I was a coach I would ban players from doing shoulder charges as they are high risk and generally don't come off. What is wrong with a good hard ball and all tackle?

 

[Noise]

From my perspective this proposed change wont make the game any softer. Hard hitting will still be allowed it just means that some people will have to learn some proper tackling techniques which may not be such a bad thing.

If I was a coach I would ban players from doing shoulder charges as they are high risk and generally don't come off. What is wrong with a good hard ball and all tackle?

Nothing, just like there is nothing wrong with a shoulder charge. If they did a study on ball and all tackles i bet there are more incidents of them going wrong and hitting the head than there are with shoulder charges...

 

[strider]

it's not about cleaning anything up - its about covering their arses for lawsuits .... if they ban something that is said to be dangerous then the NRL has "made an effort to stop dangerous play" so it becomes alot harder for any player to take the league to the cleaners over it .... its the same as spear tackles