"Unnecessary" Contact With The Legs

[Hooch]

Probably deserved a penalty. The only saving grace for Locke was he came from behind the knee, but he still fair sprinted up from 10m behind the ruck and dropped a shoulder into a knee of someone with no momentum. He did take the sting out of it but he still drove in pretty hard.

As others have said, he should've wrapped his leg up, not chopped it out with his shoulder.

How far he travelled to get there is probably what drew attention to himself.

they fold them up and lay them down like babies ffs

lol, that is exactly what they do, it is almost hypnotic how they take all the power out of the attacking player. Does Bellyache still have a cry when he is accused of wrestling? He should be proud of it they are that proficient at it.

 

[adamkungl]

How is this even a rule? wtf. it's a tackle around the legs.

 

[Slackboy72]

I have no problem with penalising someone who attacks the knees of someone who is vulnerable but he hit him in the back of the thigh.
It's something that should be left to MRCs and slow motion video unless someone gets stretchered off then you can get the VR involved.
The refs made a call or got a call from someone who wasn't using video to check the tackle and they saw it wrong.

 

[Sunshine Coast Tiger]

It was an iffy penaltly last night but it is a practice that the NRL should try to get out of the game. Needs to be policed from round 1 next year. If the type of tackle is allowed to continue it wont be long to a player needs major knee surgery because of it.

In the NFL you are not allowed to delibately dive into the knees and we need the same rule.

 

[Dr Crane]

Lets face it the refs penalised Warriors at every opportunity last night so no surprise. Was ridiculous though and as we saw the other week if third man doesn;t come in the attacking player has an age to offload the ball.

hah, reminds me of the warriors vs dragons game. if locke doesn't wrap him up fully even when it looks like the tackle is completed and he offloads and the tigers score, silly warriors.

if locke does come in, penalty tigers. silly warriors.

????????

 

[MightyBronco]

In the NFL you are not allowed to delibately dive into the knees and we need the same rule.

Not quite. It is allowed in the 'clipping zone' - a box around the line of scrimmage. Watch o-lineman closely, and watch running backs block pass rushers - they employ the chop block.

You can also tackle the ball carrier anyway you want, chopping the knees included. (actually cant do face masks and horse-collars either)

 

[Marshall_magic]

No way that was a penalty, it's not like he charged in from 10m and launched himself at the knees.

 

[HowHigh]

If it wasn't close to the posts then it would never have been given a penalty.
Just one of many bad calls against the Warriors trying to gift the Tigers the game.

 

[_addict]

hah, reminds me of the warriors vs dragons game. if locke doesn't wrap him up fully even when it looks like the tackle is completed and he offloads and the tigers score, silly warriors.

if locke does come in, penalty tigers. silly warriors.

????????

^x2

 

[Pierced Soul]

If it's so dangerous then surely there would be a list of injuries incurred from them.... Or even one?

nothing major yet, but if you rememebr back in the 90's the manly backrow used to dive at the non-kicking leg of kickers, not sure if it ever resulted in a major injury but had a big potential to do it. Until steve price hit tony caine (?) i'd never seen a kicked seriously injured form a chargedown aimed at the legs, doesnt mean it was never dangerous

Yes, they are the masters at it & they don't come in at speed or unnecessary force - they fold them up and lay them down like babies ffs. If they come in with unnecessary force, or at speed, they should be penalised too but the point is they don't. "intent to injure" & "attack" are emotive words that just don't apply. Take another look without your Stom-hate glasses on...

yep this is the reason. watch smith and proctor in particular, they come in from no more than a metre or two away and just wrap up the legs, in fcat they become the "dominatnt" tackler who's the last to get off

No way that was a penalty, it's not like he charged in from 10m and launched himself at the knees.

maybe not from 10m but he did come charging ion. i think thats what amde it look worse. had he not run 5m to do it and had been standing near the tackle it would'nt have been a penalty

 

[Packy]

yeah it was a joke.

 

[some11]

*edit, quoted post deleted*.

It was addressed after Sandow barreled into the side of Josh Hoffman's knee and almost tore his MCL.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...dangerous-tackle/story-e6frexnr-1226082375353

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

*edit, quoted post deleted*

http://youtu.be/cJnqaF-IYr4

Booyaa

 

[adamkungl]

http://youtu.be/cJnqaF-IYr4

Booyaa

ahhh good times.

 

[franklin2323]

Pretty poor form to penalise in a semi. A warning would of been fine. Outlaw it FROM round 1 next year but let every team know about it.

 

[Big Pete]

I haven't seen the Locke incident but it's been penalised at least once this season.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

ahhh good times.

Sure was

 

[franklin2323]

The Bulldogs just got penalised in the Toyota Cup for the same thing. So I don't think that was the last penalty we will see this season

 

[the stranglers]

Locke did it a few times until groat got him with a crusher.

 

[Molly]

How is this even a rule? wtf. it's a tackle around the legs.

This.