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  • WillieTheWaiterW WillieTheWaiter

    @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.

    this is a prime example of why I have an issue with half the feedback people give saying players just need to change what they're doing - and it's solutions given by people watching super slow mo replays.

    reality is that you've got about half a second to change your technique or make your arm disappear. not farking happening.

    and your final sentence means you're not allowed to stop people scoring tries.

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    @WillieTheWaiter 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.

    this is a prime example of why I have an issue with half the feedback people give saying players just need to change what they're doing - and it's solutions given by people watching super slow mo replays.

    reality is that you've got about half a second to change your technique or make your arm disappear. not farking happening.

    and your final sentence means you're not allowed to stop people scoring tries.

    Oh come on willie! It's like when you tip over a cup of coffee or glass of water, don't just watch it fall, use the 2 tenths of a second to catch it and keep it upright.

    It's your own fault, can't anybody see that?

    😉

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      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

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      • R Rembrandt

        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

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

        Didn't know Levi Aumua had highlights.

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        • R Rembrandt

          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

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          @Rembrandt dive under the player just before they touch the ground stopping the grounding...or run away from the contact zone to avoid the diving head

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          • taniwharugbyT taniwharugby

            @Rembrandt dive under the player just before they touch the ground stopping the grounding...or run away from the contact zone to avoid the diving head

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            @taniwharugby Wouldn't you be risking a hefty head clash and potential double concussion?...oh the irony.

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            • R Rembrandt

              @taniwharugby Wouldn't you be risking a hefty head clash and potential double concussion?...oh the irony.

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              @Rembrandt if you are lower, they should get penalised for headbutting you.

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              • taniwharugbyT taniwharugby

                @Rembrandt if you are lower, they should get penalised for headbutting you.

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                @taniwharugby Nice, kind of the rugby version of:

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

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                  • R Rembrandt

                    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

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                    Billy Webb
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #71

                    @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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                    • 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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                        @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
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #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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                            Billy Webb
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                            @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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                                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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                                  @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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                                    @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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                                      @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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                                        @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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                                          @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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