Quote: Shabino "Good to see they’ve ruined that game too. Looking for every possible reason to send players off…..'"
There was only red card? There were a couple of yellows but I thought they were all appropriate. In terms of high tackles, it’s fairly simple, don’t touch somebody around the neck head, and wrap your arms when you tackle. That’s how you are taught to tackle when you are young and there is a reason why. I don’t want to watch any rugby game where players are going off with head injuries. Plus as a father of a young lad it’s not an easy sell to the wife that he should play rugby (league or union) if when players on tv whack into somebody’s face or head area they aren’t penalised and off the pitch.
One of the yellow cards was for a deliberate knock on, which is and always has been union rules. League should bring that in, I’d love to see it. I hate seeing players knock the ball down and stopping a try and not being penalised. Rather see skilful passing and play rewarded than a defender just trying to kill the ball and knock it on.
Like league the major problem with union is the ruck. It’s an absolute mess and more dependant on the ref and their interpretation than it is on the skill of a player.