: Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:31 pm  

Harry Pinner wrote:

So if a player ducks into a tackle or slips at the last second and gets hit in the head that's the tackler's fault?

The rule book IIRC makes no mention of the position of tackled players head but it does presume it should remain attached to his shoulders ....

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:40 pm  

G1 wrote:

Cheers for clarifying.

Thick it is.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:40 am  

G1 wrote:

Cheers for clarifying.

Thick it is.

I love the way you prefer unfounded personal insults to reasoned debate on here.

What if a player slips as he approaches the tackler and bangs his head on the tackler's knee as he falls? By your logic the tackler should be sent off for kneeing the ball carrier in the head.

Feel free to just tell me I'm thick again rather than actually considering the point I'm making.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:49 am  

Harry Pinner wrote:

I love the way you prefer unfounded personal insults to reasoned debate on here.

What if a player slips as he approaches the tackler and bangs his head on the tackler's knee as he falls? By your logic the tackler should be sent off for kneeing the ball carrier in the head.

By your logic though if your head drops below a certain height then it's okay for the person tackling you to smash it with any part of his body (knee, fist, forearm etc.). If a player falls on the ground is it okay to kick him in the head?

The same atitude seems to apply to Burrow. Just because his head is where most people's chest is that apparantly means he's too short to tackle legally.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:56 am  

Harry Pinner wrote:

What if a player slips as he approaches the tackler and bangs his head on the tackler's knee as he falls? By your logic the tackler should be sent off for kneeing the ball carrier in the head.

If the runner bangs his head on a tacklers knee then it's accidental (unless the player with the ball is some sort of masochist). If the tackler actively knees the player in the head then it would indeed be a sending off offence.

Watmough's tackle was around the head. Burrow may have slipped and it may not have been Watmough's fault that he caught him high but it's still a foul - regardless of whether it was intentional.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:05 am  

Harry Pinner wrote:

I love the way you prefer unfounded personal insults to reasoned debate on here.

What if a player slips as he approaches the tackler and bangs his head on the tackler's knee as he falls? By your logic the tackler should be sent off for kneeing the ball carrier in the head.

Feel free to just tell me I'm thick again rather than actually considering the point I'm making.

You're thick.

You've been told, on several occasions ,that a tackle above the shoulders is illegal. I've asked you a question on this very thread about where it says the ball carriers height or body position is relevant. You've failed to answer.

Don't try and pretend you're attempting to engage in genuine debate. To do that you would have to consider the points being made by others and respond to them. You're just repeating, ad nauseum, the same old stuff that we've all answered.

Which means you're either being deliberately obtuse or you're thick.

I did try and engage you in proper discussion on the subject but you weren't interested.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:29 am  

so whatmough is too blame for leeds loseing

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:50 am  

fredie wrote:

so whatmough is too blame for leeds loseing

I would argue that he is, at least partly. although more by virtue of his all-round performance than his challenge on Burrow.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:28 pm  

fredie wrote:

so whatmough is too blame for leeds loseing

I blame all the Manly players for Leeds losing.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:40 pm  

I blame no-one.......... except Ganson naturally.