Re: This week’s disciplinary : Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:19 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

This is pretty simple, isn't it?

Asiata's tackles were not illegal, so he shouldn't face any punishment.

However, Asiata's tackling technique has injured 4 players in one match, which suggests the law that says Asiata's tackling technique is legal needs changing immediately.

As for Wellens supposedly whining, I'd be disappointed if he never brought this up as he has - For the disciplinary committee to almost brush this off as part of the game is gross incompetence on their part. They are surely there to be monitoring and constantly reviewing this sort of thing and for a player to injure 4 players and for it not to raise some sort of inquiry suggests they aren't fit to do their job.

Seems to me they only like to be seen taking action when it's trendy stuff like naughty words, rather than when players are having career-threatening injuries inflicted on them?

Fair enough. How would you word the new law that would make this tackle illegal? Seems to me he barrelled into running legs ?

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:27 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Fair enough. How would you word the new law that would make this tackle illegal??

Not sure. It'd take someone more savvy than me to do that, but are we supposed to just ignore the fact that one bloke took out 4 players, 2 seriously, and just accept that as a risk of playing the game?

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:41 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Fair enough. How would you word the new law that would make this tackle illegal? Seems to me he barrelled into running legs ?

The words "reckless" "wrapping of the arms" might help. I suppose skimming four inches from the ground like a "fucxing nutter" won't make it into the Law Book.

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:44 pm  

Smiffy27 wrote:

I have looked a few times now at the Asiata tackles, particularly the one on Paasi.
I would like to see how many other injuries he has caused in his career. The RFL will have to come up with something that allows the normal tackle round the legs but prevents this sort of reckless diving in below the knee (particularly from the side). Any club would protest if one man had caused so many injuries. Wrecking ball/loose cannon ... I have a lot of sympathy for Saints on this one.

Agree, who would have thought some of us would have sympathy with Saints On a serious note though just been reading the lad as been receiving death threats. That is so out of order, you can be angry about something without resorting to nonsense like that.

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:56 am  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Not sure. It'd take someone more savvy than me to do that, but are we supposed to just ignore the fact that one bloke took out 4 players, 2 seriously, and just accept that as a risk of playing the game?

This is the difficulty. It is fundamentslly a tackle from the side around the legs of a running player.

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:09 am  

Wires71 wrote:

This is the difficulty. It is fundamentslly a tackle from the side around the legs of a running player.

Thinking about it, it's likely it'd be similar to the 2 footed tackle in football, where players are seen as not being 'in control' of their challenge.

Similarly here, the tackler may be deemed as not bring in control of his technique and/or being cited as unorthodox?

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:12 am  

This is the tackle that caused the injury to Walmsley (taken from the Warrington Casuals page on Facebook). I cannot see what can be outlawed here without fundamentally changing the game. Looks like a perfectly good tackle above the knee? https://scontent.fman1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=64C83671

This is the tackle that caused the injury to Walmsley (taken from the Warrington Casuals page on Facebook). I cannot see what can be outlawed here without fundamentally changing the game. Looks like a perfectly good tackle above the knee? https://scontent.fman1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=64C83671

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:36 am  

Wires71 wrote: This is the tackle that caused the injury to Walmsley (taken from the Warrington Casuals page on Facebook). I cannot see what can be outlawed here without fundamentally changing the game. Looks like a perfectly good tackle above the knee? https://scontent.fman1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=64C83671 Thank you

Wires71 wrote: This is the tackle that caused the injury to Walmsley (taken from the Warrington Casuals page on Facebook). I cannot see what can be outlawed here without fundamentally changing the game. Looks like a perfectly good tackle above the knee? https://scontent.fman1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=64C83671 Thank you

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:05 pm  

Wires71 wrote: This is the tackle that caused the injury to Walmsley (taken from the Warrington Casuals page on Facebook). I cannot see what can be outlawed here without fundamentally changing the game. Looks like a perfectly good tackle above the knee? https://scontent.fman1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=64C83671 There is absolutely nothing wrong with this tackle. Just a brilliantly timed tackle, right on the sweet spot.... and when you look at the other tackles that caused injuries, they happen all the time in games of RL.. every game. As mentioned, be interesting to see how many other players he has injured this season

Wires71 wrote: This is the tackle that caused the injury to Walmsley (taken from the Warrington Casuals page on Facebook). I cannot see what can be outlawed here without fundamentally changing the game. Looks like a perfectly good tackle above the knee? https://scontent.fman1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=64C83671 There is absolutely nothing wrong with this tackle. Just a brilliantly timed tackle, right on the sweet spot.... and when you look at the other tackles that caused injuries, they happen all the time in games of RL.. every game. As mentioned, be interesting to see how many other players he has injured this season

Re: This week’s disciplinary : Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:13 pm  

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