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Message: [QUOTE="Thelmus, post: 3064069, member: 8988"] Yeah, I'm a bit perplexed by that one. It's a contact sport and if your not tackled and the player doesn't make contact with the head, how can it be right to penalise it? He landed on the player and the player was free to protect himself. Forceful contact with a player on the ground happens literally every game in most sets of 6. Usually the player is held which is worse but in that instance, he wasn't. Sure, he treated him like a rag doll, but you got to be able to make contact to tackle him. Surely if you do it forcefully would be a matter of conjecture in most cases. Now if we expect a player to not attack an untackled player, then likewise the onus must be on the player to get to both feet before passing. And why is a large player penalised for it but a smaller fullback, half or centre can slide in and hit a larger player whilst scoring? surely that too is forceful contact. This rule seems broken to me, despite its noble intention. It is too open to interpretation. [/QUOTE]

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