Quote: Gotcha "You obviously watch nothing outside of super league.
That tackle is what you see each and every game in junior and amateur rugby. He could not have handled that tackle any other way, if he had not gone low and up then the attacking player would have ran straight over him. Never do I see refs even speaking to kids after a tackle like that.
The only time it is an issue is if there is more than one defender in the tackle, and the second player is lending the weight to put the tackled player in a bad position. What we saw Friday, was a player tackling one on one, and very well, and the tackled player moving his body to ensure a quick play when hitting the ground. It was that movement that caused the player to tip to the side. His arms were not restricted in anyway, and he always had control of how he landed.
I think Zak got it wrong in accepting the EGP and should have challenged the charge.'"
You pick up the man, you and you alone are responsible for getting him back to ground in a safe manner. You may not like it, but that's the approach the sport takes and IMO it's entirely the right one for player safety.
While what happened to Burns may not be what Hardaker intended, and fortunately it resulted in no harm being done, it is right that the RFL have referred it to the disciplinary and right (IMO) that he got a charge out of it. I might have gone Grade A, but I've no real argument with B and a one match ban.
I don't really care what McIlorum did or didn't do. I don't really care what goes on in the amateur game. I don't want to see tacklers being unable to control a player once they get him in mid-air and beyond the horizontal. It presents an unacceptable risk of injury to the ball-carrier that the sport doesn't need.
