Another example of why some rugby players, like children, should be seen and not heard.

It started off the recent story in the Aussie press about Melbourne's tacking "technique," which has come into question since they went to the top of the league - DeJa Vu??

Mathers then started off trying to get tackles below the knee banned, this I thought had already happened but refs have eased up on it. I do agree with this though, if a player is held up already then there is potential for injury if a player runs in and attacks the knee joint that's holding the weight.

BUT the call for no three man tackles is ridiculous.

Now, if he is going purely from a players welfare point and it's not another sly dig at Wigan then i'd like to see some proper stats of how many players are injured by the "third man."

So far the injuries I've seen to players these last two season are usually impact injuries or people falling awkwardly once tackled. These injuries tend to occur in a one or two man tackle as the "evil 3 man tackle" usually involves the tackled player being brought to the ground slowly, to slow the PTB down.

Using this logic maybe we should ban 1 and 2 man tackles and only allow tackles of 3 or more, or maybe just ban tackles all together for "the welfare of the players." Also some players get injured running fast, we should ban that too.

Rant over.

that is one of the funniest things i've ever read on here mate.

Didn't someone at Warrington Drop the cup when they won it in 2009?

I wonder who that could have been!

So did Ricky Bibey