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Anyone see Fox NRL tonight?
They've shown footage of the latest wrestling hold that the Storm are now using, with individual evidence in a number of games already. Bloody disgraceful. It involves a 2nd or 3rd person into the tackle taking hold of the non ball carrying arm, pushing and twisting, exerting pressure on to it, most often than not held out at length and pushed down. This is at the same time when one or two first into the tackle are tackling, wrestling down the player. The potential for a very serious injury is significant, the tackled player could fall or twist in a different direction under the weight and push of the original tacklers leading to a very nasty arm break, shoulder injury or pop, elbow twist or break, etc etc.
Bellamy is one of the best coaches in the game today, and a real fav of mine, but this sort of stuff is pathetic and just not needed. The grapple tackle has been a blight on the game, introduced and led by the Storm. With the obvious crack down since the coaches meeting flagged it late last yr the "arm screw" has become the next unhealthy step.
I hope after the exposure on Fox this evening leads to further media exposure and an immediate crack down and outlawed stance.
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They've shown footage of the latest wrestling hold that the Storm are now using, with individual evidence in a number of games already. Bloody disgraceful. It involves a 2nd or 3rd person into the tackle taking hold of the non ball carrying arm, pushing and twisting, exerting pressure on to it, most often than not held out at length and pushed down. This is at the same time when one or two first into the tackle are tackling, wrestling down the player. The potential for a very serious injury is significant, the tackled player could fall or twist in a different direction under the weight and push of the original tacklers leading to a very nasty arm break, shoulder injury or pop, elbow twist or break, etc etc.
Bellamy is one of the best coaches in the game today, and a real fav of mine, but this sort of stuff is pathetic and just not needed. The grapple tackle has been a blight on the game, introduced and led by the Storm. With the obvious crack down since the coaches meeting flagged it late last yr the "arm screw" has become the next unhealthy step.
I hope after the exposure on Fox this evening leads to further media exposure and an immediate crack down and outlawed stance.
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