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Message: [QUOTE="LittleDavey, post: 3484683, member: 8255"] Mate this is not the argument you think it is. If I jump, leading with the knee, and take someone's head off because they were steaming through for the ball then I expect to have an early shower and miss a few weeks at absolute best. The force which the attacking player is coming in with [B][U]is completely irrelevant[/U][/B] to how I must effect a tackle. It doesn't matter if it's a 70kg player or a 117kg player. At full speed or walking slowly. Jinking and ducking or straight up. None of that matters - as the tackler the onus is on me to tackle the attacking player in a legal manner. Look at the photo in my post above and tell me that's not a clear 3 weeks on the sideline, with a straight face. Eyes shut, left the ground so had no control, no legitimate effort to wrap the arms...the broken jaw aside, he's lucky he was allowed back after 10 minutes. If say a Flegler or a TPJ did [B][U]that exact tackle[/U][/B] to a Cleary or a Mitch Moses, you tell me how long you think he'd get. [/QUOTE]

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