Quote Kosh="Kosh"Apparently not...
The key word here is "immediately". There is no requirement for movement to be halted or some random subjective assessment by the official about how much weight is being lent - the instant a second player from the attacking team joins the tackle he should call "held".'"
No, the key words are "lend their weight
in order to avoid losing ground."
If the rule was intended to allow the tackle to be called held the instant another attacker *touched* the tackled player, it would say that.
Seems pretty straightforward to me.
