Correct way to tackle?

Quote: Lord God Jose Mourinho "Leeds have played 8 games this season. The most points they've conceded in a game is 14.

Wakey have won 2 of their 8 games, and regularly been on the end of hidings.

These facts have absolutely nothing to do with tackling technique and everything to with the fact that Leeds are a very good RL team and Wakey are one of the also rans.

If Wakey decided to follow the moronic "tackle round the legs" rubbish that stupid people in the crowd call out then they'd probably be getting smashed by 120 points, not just 60.

The majority of RL tackles are front on tackles done with at least two players. Most tackles are made by a set defence. The ball carriers are running hard and the tacklers are trying to hit him as hard as possible. Any team who implemented a tackle round the legs tactic in these situations would get absolutely hammered, and they'd probably be taking a couple of players to hospital because their players were getting knocked out.

Of course there are times when tackling round the leg is fine. If a player has made a line break and look like they might be scoring then a tackle round the legs is entirely appropriate. Tackling round the legs is definitely a skill a player should possess. But in RL the main tackle is the front on tackle where you attempt to cover the ball and control the speed of the PTB. Tackling round the legs is completely inappropriate in most of the situations. Of course if the defensive line have somehow managed to allow Rob Burrow to be targeted by a 6ft 4 second row and he's by himself the only way he's going to tackle the player is by taking him round the legs. But that's a failure of the defensive line in not being properly set up.'"

Spot on