"But those permenant reminders leave scope for the victim to take action against the RFL. That might be good enough for you or me, but isnt likely to be good enough for a court"

Surely if it's written into a contract that there may be head trauma from accidental collisions that would negate any possibilities of a law suit... as from looking at twitter I've not seen one player in favour of the ban I'm sure the majority if not all would sign. Would still allow for lawsuits against players for intentional shots to the head

I'm missing them in the wcc.

I don't know whether it's me, but i just feel it's lacking a little the WCC. It's like the players are scared to put a big hit on each other. Might just be me though

I've done a pretty thorough search over the last few days, I've read Scientific journals, research reports and medical analysis. Appart from Rugby League I've studied reports from the GAA, IRB, NFL, NHL, AFL and anything from any form of contact/collision sport going back 25 years and as yet I can't find any real evidence to support this ban.

There's more medical and scientific evidence to support banning a copybook front on tackle than there is any other type of currently/previously legal form of contact. In fact in one GAA report they attribute 32% of injuries sustained from tackles to 'front on contact to the midriff area'.

I'm guessing that the NRL/RLIF are frantically trying to cobble together some spurious conclusion lead research data just in case they're ever required to substantiate their claims, because if it currently exists I can't find it.

No one is counter claiming that the forces in play from a shoulder charge aren't greater than those in a 'textbook' tackle but that doesn't automaticaly translate to more dangerous.

The first tackle after the kick off was a shoulder charge, it was not pulled up.

I think that's what makes me so mad - they've presented no evidence to back up the ban. It's based on firstly a massive media backlash to the Inglis hit on Dean Young last year, and our own media picking up that ball and blowing any high and reckless hits out of all proportion.

When Eddie, Stevo, the muppets on Backchat, and even most of our home-grown RL correspondents bang on about it for weeks and start demanding bans, the authorities will eventually respond. Precisely as happened in the NRL when their media did the same thing.

As we're seeing, the only people in favour are the suits at the top and the media. People who, for the most, have never pulled on a jersey in anger. Players, coaches and fans are overwhelmingly against it. Who the f*ck is this game for?