Chiefs vs Highlanders

[Bones]

@Stargazer you can sure as shit bet he wouldn't get charged down 2 touches in a row, the 2nd coming upon retrieving the 1sr!

[Nevorian]

I know Marshall is a tosser and I know what the law says about high contact and I love BBBR but if you take on the defensive line head first then you are more than likely going to get hit in the head - so are we going to see way more red cards, are players going to lay off tackles because the head is there?

[Bones]

@Nevorian said in Chiefs vs Highlanders:

I know Marshall is a tosser and I know what the law says about high contact and I love BBBR but if you take on the defensive line head first then you are more than likely going to get hit in the head - so are we going to see way more red cards, are players going to lay off tackles because the head is there?

Tomkinson was standing very high. Leading with the shoulder. If he gets down and attempts a tackle there's no issue is there? Retallick and the laws are not the bloody issue.

[Machpants]

@Bones yeah he did not even attempt to wrap his left arm, too

[Nevorian]

@Bones I wasn't saying Retallick is the issue, I was trying to say how do you tackle a player who is charging at you head first and low and avoid a red card. Very difficult to get your arms wrapped low around someone in that situation, especially a big tall person

[Bones]

@Nevorian said in Chiefs vs Highlanders:

@Bones I wasn't saying Retallick is the issue, I was trying to say how do you tackle a player who is charging at you head first and low and avoid a red card. Very difficult to get your arms wrapped low around someone in that situation, especially a big tall person

No it's not, we see it all the bloody time!

[Machpants]

@Nevorian ankles and legs still exist

[Duluth]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/110711812/highlanders-midfielder-sio-tomkinson-has-red-card-dismissed-by-sanzaar

[Bones]

@Duluth bloody hometown! Interesting they think he didn't even breach the law - I just thought they might be downgrading it to yellow. Red card looked fair to me at the time.

[Siam]

@Duluth lucky nobody on here got on their high horse insisting that they knew the laws and it was a straight red.

#nobody knows the fucken law interpretations with any certainty