The tackle is here if you haven't seen it https://twitter.com/The18thManUK/status ... 6557564928

The tackle is here if you haven't seen it https://twitter.com/The18thManUK/status ... 6557564928

So any tackle that players have to stretch or dive into (like when chasing back) is a potential ban?

So next time Johnstone makes a break I don't expect any player to make a last ditch tackle unless they know they will have full control of body weight. I demand a ban.

What a load of balls. If that were the case there'd be 5 sin bins or sending offs a game.

Dissapointing, if a player is half breaking a tackle and you can get to him at a stretch or with a dive don't bother. Just let them stride through the line or you'll get banned. This is a big cop out

Or have their feet off the ground!
It looks to me that they couldn't really find a particular rule to justify a ban.
Just watched it again and I just don't see anything malicious or illegal.
They've got it in for us I tell ya.

got to agree with you, it'll be touch and pass soon. R.L. going down the pan

I suspect that they are trying to mitigate the unusually high numbers of injuries that SL is experiencing at the moment by punishing tackles that cause injury, rather than that are dangerous.

If it's the case then 10/10 for trying to address the issue, but 0/10 for execution.

It's insane to use the injury as a basis for punishment - RL is a high-impact, high-speed collision sport, so there is always the possibility for a freak injury to occur; as we've seen in the opening rounds this year. Arona's tackle was the definition of innocuous - if there's no injury, there's no way the ref even considers blowing up for that, nor do the match review panel give it a second thought.

If there is an attempt to deal with dangerous contact, there are better places to concentrate - 4 man gang tackles and attacks to the standing leg would be a good start.