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  • BonesB Bones

    Are you guys saying that you should be allowed to tackle the head of a diving player?

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    #72

    @Bones I think you know people are not saying that...what is your solution then for a player 10m out, dropping from full height to waist height as you have committed for the try saving tackle from the side as you have been flying across

    IN that split second you have to make the decision, often after you have made the committment to make a tackle, it is too late to change your action.

    It simply isnt an easy situation to deal with, for either side...an attacker will always go low in that case as it is harder to stop, but a defender should stil have the right to attempt to stop you, 99% of the time it will be legally, should you be punished (YC/RC) for that purely accidental 1%? FOul play is still foul play.

    I dont think anyone is more right or wrong than anyone else, is a bit of a no win situation for the game to deal with.

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    • Billy WebbB Billy Webb

      @Rembrandt said in Red cards:

      Genuine question for those pro the yellow cards on the kiwi props as my rugby career ended before my balls dropped.

      How does someone defend a try-line when an attacker is diving in leading with their head and you are camped on that line? (Or worse are a couple metres away and have to act fast)
      Maybe I'm not understanding the concept of 'swinging arm' but I would have thought that if you didn't use your arm and instead braced with your bodyweight that that could be classified as a no-arms tackle.

      I tried to do a youtube search for great prop tries..but the highlights are all just overweight outside backs

      Arms out in front of you. Take him onto your body, wrap man and ball and hold him up. Not so hard.

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      #73

      @Billy-Webb said in Red cards:

      @Rembrandt said in Red cards:

      Genuine question for those pro the yellow cards on the kiwi props as my rugby career ended before my balls dropped.

      How does someone defend a try-line when an attacker is diving in leading with their head and you are camped on that line? (Or worse are a couple metres away and have to act fast)
      Maybe I'm not understanding the concept of 'swinging arm' but I would have thought that if you didn't use your arm and instead braced with your bodyweight that that could be classified as a no-arms tackle.

      I tried to do a youtube search for great prop tries..but the highlights are all just overweight outside backs

      Arms out in front of you. Take him onto your body, wrap man and ball and hold him up. Not so hard.

      Allow attackers head to pass between your legs. Grab attacker around midriff and invert him until vertical. Fall backwards unto your buttucks.

      This DDT manoeuvre has the double benefit of making no initial contact with the head (no card, yay) and also ought to shake the ball loose when said head hits the ground (counterattack opportunity!)

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      • Billy WebbB Billy Webb

        @Rembrandt said in Red cards:

        Genuine question for those pro the yellow cards on the kiwi props as my rugby career ended before my balls dropped.

        How does someone defend a try-line when an attacker is diving in leading with their head and you are camped on that line? (Or worse are a couple metres away and have to act fast)
        Maybe I'm not understanding the concept of 'swinging arm' but I would have thought that if you didn't use your arm and instead braced with your bodyweight that that could be classified as a no-arms tackle.

        I tried to do a youtube search for great prop tries..but the highlights are all just overweight outside backs

        Arms out in front of you. Take him onto your body, wrap man and ball and hold him up. Not so hard.

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        No Quarter
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        #74

        @Billy-Webb said in Red cards:

        @Rembrandt said in Red cards:

        Genuine question for those pro the yellow cards on the kiwi props as my rugby career ended before my balls dropped.

        How does someone defend a try-line when an attacker is diving in leading with their head and you are camped on that line? (Or worse are a couple metres away and have to act fast)
        Maybe I'm not understanding the concept of 'swinging arm' but I would have thought that if you didn't use your arm and instead braced with your bodyweight that that could be classified as a no-arms tackle.

        I tried to do a youtube search for great prop tries..but the highlights are all just overweight outside backs

        Arms out in front of you. Take him onto your body, wrap man and ball and hold him up. Not so hard.

        Except that the attacking player will always try to punch through the hole so will nearly always be to your left or right where using your arms to stop him is your only option.

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        • No QuarterN No Quarter

          @Billy-Webb said in Red cards:

          @Rembrandt said in Red cards:

          Genuine question for those pro the yellow cards on the kiwi props as my rugby career ended before my balls dropped.

          How does someone defend a try-line when an attacker is diving in leading with their head and you are camped on that line? (Or worse are a couple metres away and have to act fast)
          Maybe I'm not understanding the concept of 'swinging arm' but I would have thought that if you didn't use your arm and instead braced with your bodyweight that that could be classified as a no-arms tackle.

          I tried to do a youtube search for great prop tries..but the highlights are all just overweight outside backs

          Arms out in front of you. Take him onto your body, wrap man and ball and hold him up. Not so hard.

          Except that the attacking player will always try to punch through the hole so will nearly always be to your left or right where using your arms to stop him is your only option.

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          #75

          @No-Quarter said in Red cards:

          @Billy-Webb said in Red cards:

          @Rembrandt said in Red cards:

          Genuine question for those pro the yellow cards on the kiwi props as my rugby career ended before my balls dropped.

          How does someone defend a try-line when an attacker is diving in leading with their head and you are camped on that line? (Or worse are a couple metres away and have to act fast)
          Maybe I'm not understanding the concept of 'swinging arm' but I would have thought that if you didn't use your arm and instead braced with your bodyweight that that could be classified as a no-arms tackle.

          I tried to do a youtube search for great prop tries..but the highlights are all just overweight outside backs

          Arms out in front of you. Take him onto your body, wrap man and ball and hold him up. Not so hard.

          Except that the attacking player will always try to punch through the hole so will nearly always be to your left or right where using your arms to stop him is your only option.

          Fair enough. Provided you're not swinging your arm, then a normal arms and shoulder tackle.
          Can't / don't want to comment on the head contact if the player has his head down in a bull-charge. I'm buggered if I know how that gets refereed. Judgment call by the ref?

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          • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

            @mariner4life said in Red cards:

            @MiketheSnow said in Red cards:

            @mariner4life said in Red cards:

            For the "just tackle lower" crowd, what exactly was Ofa T supposed to do differently?

            Not lead with a swinging arm to the head.

            Let the ball carrier continue his trajectory to the dirt, then jackal.

            Bullshit Mike. You've played. In that spot you do the same thing.

            Ah no.

            Never got penalised for a late and/or high tackle. Or swinging arm.

            Couple of instances in the France v Tonga match where the French players were happy for the Tongans to gain one, maybe two more metres going forward as they fell to the ground and then swooped in to try to steal the ball.

            On the goal line you don't have the luxury of those metres but as explained on another thread better to not infringe, concede a try, but still be on the park than infringe and be binned.

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            @MiketheSnow said in Red cards:

            @mariner4life said in Red cards:

            @MiketheSnow said in Red cards:

            @mariner4life said in Red cards:

            For the "just tackle lower" crowd, what exactly was Ofa T supposed to do differently?

            Not lead with a swinging arm to the head.

            Let the ball carrier continue his trajectory to the dirt, then jackal.

            Bullshit Mike. You've played. In that spot you do the same thing.

            Ah no.

            Never got penalised for a late and/or high tackle. Or swinging arm.

            Couple of instances in the France v Tonga match where the French players were happy for the Tongans to gain one, maybe two more metres going forward as they fell to the ground and then swooped in to try to steal the ball.

            On the goal line you don't have the luxury of those metres but as explained on another thread better to not infringe, concede a try, but still be on the park than infringe and be binned.

            In the case of Ofa though the Namib player wasn’t falling. He went low and drove into Ofa. At the time he committed to the tackle Ofa had no way of knowing the ball carrier was going to fall, only that he was driving forwards.

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            • BonesB Offline
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              #77

              So if a team is unable to stop a driving maul legally and it's about to score, they should be allowed to collapse it right?

              If you can't win a lineout legally, you should be able to drag down the jumper or take out the lifter. It's not fair otherwise.

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              • BonesB Bones

                So if a team is unable to stop a driving maul legally and it's about to score, they should be allowed to collapse it right?

                If you can't win a lineout legally, you should be able to drag down the jumper or take out the lifter. It's not fair otherwise.

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                wrote on last edited by
                #78

                @Bones said in Red cards:

                So if a team is unable to stop a driving maul legally and it's about to score, they should be allowed to collapse it right?

                Technically you can if you're in your in-goal. 😉

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                • BonesB Bones

                  So if a team is unable to stop a driving maul legally and it's about to score, they should be allowed to collapse it right?

                  If you can't win a lineout legally, you should be able to drag down the jumper or take out the lifter. It's not fair otherwise.

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                  taniwharugby
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #79

                  @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

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                  • taniwharugbyT taniwharugby

                    @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

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                    Bones
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #80

                    @taniwharugby said in Red cards:

                    @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

                    No idea. I'm hardly going to go searching out any facts.

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                    • BonesB Bones

                      @taniwharugby said in Red cards:

                      @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

                      No idea. I'm hardly going to go searching out any facts.

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                      #81

                      @Bones said in Red cards:

                      @taniwharugby said in Red cards:

                      @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

                      No idea. I'm hardly going to go searching out any facts.

                      That right there is the level of dedication we should all be striving for. All you younger fellas watch and learn from a pro.

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                      • JCJ JC

                        @Bones said in Red cards:

                        @taniwharugby said in Red cards:

                        @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

                        No idea. I'm hardly going to go searching out any facts.

                        That right there is the level of dedication we should all be striving for. All you younger fellas watch and learn from a pro.

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                        Bones
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                        #82

                        @JC said in Red cards:

                        @Bones said in Red cards:

                        @taniwharugby said in Red cards:

                        @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

                        No idea. I'm hardly going to go searching out any facts.

                        That right there is the level of dedication we should all be striving for. All you younger fellas watch and learn from a pro.

                        Steady on old man! The implication I'm no longer younger is deeply offensive.

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                          I just happened to see highlights of that argie fella hitting Farrell. Did he get the red for a shoulder charge? Because his arms never even made contact with Farrell

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                          • BonesB Bones

                            @JC said in Red cards:

                            @Bones said in Red cards:

                            @taniwharugby said in Red cards:

                            @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

                            No idea. I'm hardly going to go searching out any facts.

                            That right there is the level of dedication we should all be striving for. All you younger fellas watch and learn from a pro.

                            Steady on old man! The implication I'm no longer younger is deeply offensive.

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                            #84

                            @Bones said in Red cards:

                            @JC said in Red cards:

                            @Bones said in Red cards:

                            @taniwharugby said in Red cards:

                            @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

                            No idea. I'm hardly going to go searching out any facts.

                            That right there is the level of dedication we should all be striving for. All you younger fellas watch and learn from a pro.

                            Steady on old man! The implication I'm no longer younger is deeply offensive.

                            I’d apologise but I suspect you’d lose interest part way through.

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                            • BonesB Bones

                              @JC said in Red cards:

                              @Bones said in Red cards:

                              @taniwharugby said in Red cards:

                              @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

                              No idea. I'm hardly going to go searching out any facts.

                              That right there is the level of dedication we should all be striving for. All you younger fellas watch and learn from a pro.

                              Steady on old man! The implication I'm no longer younger is deeply offensive.

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                              wrote on last edited by
                              #85

                              @Bones said in Red cards:

                              @JC said in Red cards:

                              @Bones said in Red cards:

                              @taniwharugby said in Red cards:

                              @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

                              No idea. I'm hardly going to go searching out any facts.

                              That right there is the level of dedication we should all be striving for. All you younger fellas watch and learn from a pro.

                              Steady on old man! The implication I'm no longer younger is deeply offensive. completely true.

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                              • CatograndeC Catogrande

                                @Bones said in Red cards:

                                @JC said in Red cards:

                                @Bones said in Red cards:

                                @taniwharugby said in Red cards:

                                @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

                                No idea. I'm hardly going to go searching out any facts.

                                That right there is the level of dedication we should all be striving for. All you younger fellas watch and learn from a pro.

                                Steady on old man! The implication I'm no longer younger is deeply offensive. completely true.

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                                Bones
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #86

                                @Catogrande said in Red cards:

                                @Bones said in Red cards:

                                @JC said in Red cards:

                                @Bones said in Red cards:

                                @taniwharugby said in Red cards:

                                @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

                                No idea. I'm hardly going to go searching out any facts.

                                That right there is the level of dedication we should all be striving for. All you younger fellas watch and learn from a pro.

                                Steady on old man! The implication I'm no longer younger is deeply offensive. completely true.

                                40 is the new GFY.

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                                • BonesB Bones

                                  @Catogrande said in Red cards:

                                  @Bones said in Red cards:

                                  @JC said in Red cards:

                                  @Bones said in Red cards:

                                  @taniwharugby said in Red cards:

                                  @Bones they did try changing the rules a few years back didnt they (re mauls)

                                  No idea. I'm hardly going to go searching out any facts.

                                  That right there is the level of dedication we should all be striving for. All you younger fellas watch and learn from a pro.

                                  Steady on old man! The implication I'm no longer younger is deeply offensive. completely true.

                                  40 is the new GFY.

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                                  Catogrande
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #87

                                  @Bones I'm surprised you remember.

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                                  • canefanC canefan

                                    I just happened to see highlights of that argie fella hitting Farrell. Did he get the red for a shoulder charge? Because his arms never even made contact with Farrell

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                                    Catogrande
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                                    #88

                                    @canefan Yeah, straight shoulder to the head.

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                                      ACT Crusader
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #89

                                      Easy RC decision for the Cannuck’s shoulder to the head clean out.

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                                        Ben Skeen is a fucking whiney little pissant fluffybunny who is the villain of this world cup

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                                          #91

                                          Should we rename the thread title to

                                          “When you want to rant about Skeen”

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