15 posts in and there's already a dig at Wigan. Thought it would have happened much earlier IMO

its a tough one with the 3rd man coming in, sometimes it can be done maliciously and in an unsporting manner.
Dont know how that can be policed.

The shoulder charge is great to lift the atmosphere etc..
but some of them in the past I always thought should be penalised,
bailey on faz, morley on various people etc..

Everyone tackle even without a shoulder charge is aiming for this area, that is where your taught to hit from a kid.

Injuries are part and parcel of Rugby league and can happen anytime every player knows this and still plays, take my injuries own i broke my hand and wrist grabbing someones collar and getting my hand stuck in the collar as they fell.

So let's rule out that then, i have seen someone snap there hamstring when taking a kick, let's rule that out.

Phil bailey in the semi a few years hurt is leg running in let's rule that out.

You see my point the shoulder charge is part of rugby league, there are no more injuries from shoulder charges than they are from any other aspect of rugby league.

We have all agreed that injuries can indeed come from anywhere.

We need to reduce the risk of serious injuries wherever possible whilst still maintaining RL as a contact sport.

Therefore I would have no problem at all with the shoulder charge being banned.


RU works well without it and it wont be missed in RL.



ps thanks for the signature material Jonny. Glad to see you are finally seeing sense.

There is a simple solution to this argument.

If you don't want to get hurt playing sport don't play RL,simple really.

If only it was that simple CJ