Quote: Mild Rover "Absolutely.
Reading the case Hull put raises an interesting wider question though. They acknowledge that Paea was not just trying to stop him, but wanted to put him down, preventing a quick play of the ball. An entirely legitimate and sensible aspiration for a defender. But in three-man tackles, that happen in stages, that has quite a lot of potential for the tackled player to be hurt.
Should the third man in just be to complete the tackle, or should he be allowed to help 'win' it? He has all the advantages, to the point that the tackled player is a bit of sitting duck. It rewards hard work for teams that put more bodies in, of course. But if it increases knee-knack, is it worth it?'"
According to Radford in the mail today the barrister agreed that Paea hit the quad first. The case should have been thrown out by the initial review panel at that point and no charge should ever have been brought. Otherwise there is no game of RL.