Quote: SaintsFan "No, but when a player is kicking he is unable to defend himself. Taking a player out in that kind of vulnerable position is not sporting; it is irresponsibility. We have rules in place to protect players from irresponsibility. Or would you reintroduce the cumberland throw or say that players should be free to freely thump their opposition around the head or upend them on their necks?
Get real, Pete. Doing what Hoffman did may indeed have been adjudged to be legal but in another match he would have been sinbinned. Because what he did was irresponsible, not sporting.'"
If it had been the other way around i'm sure you would be crowing about it calling it a great tackle on us Pies... More interestingly, just after this incident a Saints player was third into the tackle, very hard.. Consistancy is all thats asked for...