Apparently been banned from world cup challenge game this week and world cup games.

and Super League from this weekend.

Shocking decision, takes some of the impact away from the sport. By all means, penalise and ban for contact with the head, but for every bad one, there are 30-40 legal hits (approximate figures obviously!)

Think its going to spoil the game.. But incidents such as chase and catalan forward i think made the ban

It won't spoil the game in a year nobody will notice.

Apart from the players.

Disagree, completely.

Tougher sanctions on those that made contact with the head was the way to go with this one. Make the players get it right.
I would hazard a guess that the 'swinging arm' causes more knock outs.

Tougher sanctions came in last year, with the amount of moaning on here about them I wouldn't be surprised if they pushed away more supporters than a full ban.

Any way good to see sl come in line with the rules, albeit a strange time after 3 games.

I await the "why didn't anyone ask the players?".

I didn't see any tougher sanctions, the odd sending off, that's it. 4,5 & 6 game bans, with longer for repeat offenders should have been implemented.
Don't buy that the shoulder charge is anymore guilty than a mis-timed tackle, it's pathetic.

I think you're missing the point of the ban.

But never mind, onwards and upwards.

No, I'm not missing any point. The players safety is paramount, but I'm yet to see any evidence that the shoulder charge is anymore attributable to brain damage than a simple mis-timed tackle.
Why not ban tackling above the waist to avoid all possibility?

there'll still be big tackles, they'll just require more skill. Players are more athletic and stronger than they once were and shoulder charges carry a greater risk of injury to both parties in the tackle.

No skill in a shoulder charge

I for one am very pleased that it is being outlawed - Anybody can run in and shouldercharge - and by that I would mean me. It is a lazy way of playing the game.

I thought this thread was about another one of Allams money making schemes.

Wonder what the people backing this decision thought of Moa's challenge on Rinaldi last year?

Also think people need to realise the full extent of what this means. How many FB's use the shoulder charge to knock somebody into touch? 99% of shoulder charges are perfectly legal, just deal with the ones that contact the head. How do the referees interpret it? Any time a shoulder hits without the arm simultaneously? Too much grey area here. It will end up being ruled as sufficient attempt to involve the arms in the tackle or some other BS, that leaves it open to referee interpretation which will lead to inconsistencies and even more moaning by us the fans.

Indeed, be glad to see the back of it, make a taackle, cover the ball, thats what RL is all about. And whilst we're at it can we stop using terms like "collision" and "wrestle", it's idiotic for fans to use those terms, let alone coaches.