Six Nations 2019

Posted on 18/03/2019 08:10 by Extugger

No need for any 'reporting' or 'citing' in this case as clearly it was just a collision. Check the slow motion evidence and you'll see Farrell's right arm is extended to act as a 'shock absorber' if you like, before the impact of shoulders. No suggestion here of foul play unlike the other occasions where he was lucky to stay on the park. It's a carry over from his days at League football where chest high tackles are prevalent and has crept into the Union code (the laws on mauls don't help either). It's a simple fix to stamp it out and the RFL have started by changing the laws on tackles above the shoulder. How long before anything above waistline is brought in?

 

Posted on 18/03/2019 14:45 by ABM

Sorry  JR,  I'm  still  of  my  earlier  view  { 2nd  post  on  page  10 }  that  it  was  a  deliberate  shoulder.  But  let  us  not  spoil  a  wet  soggy  Monday,  and  just  agree  to  differ,

 

Brian.

 

Now  let  me  get  back  to  a  6  ==  1  victory  elsewhere  on  this  site 

Posted on 18/03/2019 08:59 by mickysf

He's played Union and not league since the tender age of 13! 

I don't think the problem has crept in from League, 'higher' tackles were allowed in Union when I played, just not around the neck. 

Coaches have always pushed the boundaries and looked for chinks in the laws and the rule makers are always trying to make the game 'safer' whilst retaining if not improving the spectical of the game as a whole. 

To be honest, I think the tackle laws in League are far clearer but they too have been evolving recently to eradicate injuries as best they can.

 

Posted on 19/03/2019 19:30 by mickysf

I'm not sure which bit I got wrong?

He was training and playing for the Saracens youth squads and teams from aged14.

 

Posted on 19/03/2019 20:40 by mickysf

No problem, it wouldn't have been the first time tonight I'd got something wrong! 

Do we know if he and the incident in question has been cited?