dead right just an unfortunate injury...if you want to start penalising teams for things like that turn to football....

From what I've read of Smiths words on it. He says that the tackle technique is known to the league, not that he has reported this particular tackle. But hey-ho, you guys love a good "we're the victim here" story.

What type of tackle though? A one leg lift? It's not dangerous. It's an unfortunate accident that his stable leg got trapped with the front man - but it's just that an accident.

If we banned every type of tackle that might lead to an accidental injury we'd be playing tag rugby. No victim mentality in that, just genuine confusion in what he's hoping the outcome of those comments will be ...

Ben Evans put this update and photos on his twitter after his operation. https://twitter.com/benevans108/status/ ... 963897856/

Ben Evans put this update and photos on his twitter after his operation. https://twitter.com/benevans108/status/ ... 963897856/

Ouch hope he is on the mend real soon!!

those photos on twitter look brutal! Get well soon Ben!

UPDATE: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/31983283

UPDATE: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/31983283

According to the RFL though "Player takes hold of leg of opponent in order to complete tackle. Does not take leg beyond natural range of movement."

So forcing someone into the splits is completely natural, the disciplinary would think again if someone tried it on them.

There appears to be quite a few of these "natural range of movement" reports this week.

Cunningham not happy with smiths comments after game. Wonder if he's seen the pics on Twitter! www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... ans-injury

Cunningham not happy with smiths comments after game. Wonder if he's seen the pics on Twitter! www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... ans-injury

Well kc had time to put his brain in gear and still failed. Where does smith say anything regarding saints players or anyone trying to deliberately injure someone? He's pointing out that certain tackling techniques, not just the cannonball, need looking at by the rfl and he's right. Deliberate or not, in an effort to slow the ptb down by all teams some tackling methods are leading to unnecessary injuries.

Yes i agree with Cunningham it's sour grapes from TS trying to protect players from lenghy injuries , what a whopper

"None of my players intentionally go out to do anything to anybody. That just isn't how I am as a coach. If a player did that, then he wouldn't be playing the week after.


And yet masoe keeps hitting halfbaxks and players in the back again and again after the ball has gone.

There were 3 players in that tackle, so I assume Warrington are accusing all 3 players in those 2-3 seconds of co-ordinating the tackle to put him into that position.

This is part of the Wrestling technique that has come into the game, the player with the ball resists going down, the players pull and tug the play to pull them to ground. No one is coordinating the player into this position, it was just the result of all those players in the tackle doing their best to both effect and resist the tackle.

If there was something in it the RFL would have no issue in bringing Saints before the beak. Amor got pinged for a crusher tackle and did we moan about it? No Saints fans generally said it was clumsy but he deserved the 2 matches.

So at which training session did those 3 players decided to get together to coordinate this intricate tackle? And Why did they pick Evans as opposed to Hill to take out of the game?

Are you an idiot, or just pretending to be one!
If you read Smiths comments not once does he say it's deliberate, and I agree with his comments, it could have been any player on the pitch including any saints player, player welfare is of paramount importance so any technique that potentially could injure needs to be looked at. Take your red and white tinted glasses of fool!

No saints fan or coach seem capable of reading smith's quote correctly. It's a little embarrassing to be honest.