RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina

[Joans Town Jones]

@nzzp said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@Joans-Town-Jones said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@nzzp said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

clarified

This head contact crap in the tackle is ridiculous. What it has now encouraged the ball carrier to do is drop his head into contact and the tackler has nowhere to go.

saw Itoje carry once with his head about waist height. How the hell you tackle him I have no idea. Modern pro rugby doesn't encourage chop tackling - it's almost all 'dominant front on' tackling

It's almost at the point where you u have to allow the half break then smoke them from the side and below the ribs.

[Bones]

@Joans-Town-Jones @nzzp

Oh come on, you've both been watching this RWC where I'm yet to see a penalty in a situation where the ball carrier has deliberately led with his head, to the point where we've even heard the ref state exactly that on the fly.

Stop getting your knickers in a twist about make believe.