R4 Panthers v Eels - Game Day Thread

2026 Game Day Archive
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Yes. Having also watched it I agree. The only thing consistent with this rule is it’s inconsistency. It comes down to what happens on the day, who is the referee, the extent of the injury, where on the body the player was tacked, how long the tackler held on for.

Though this all ignores the fact that this is a contact sport and this is going to happen. When I played as a kid the tackle Kenny made was considered a “good tackle”, around the waist and drive towards the ground.

Look back at some of the “hip drop” charges over the last 2 years, there is not much similar between them, very different tackles with the same result, a player was injured.

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Clearly the nrl wants to outlaw any good legs tackles.

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Put velcro on the shorts………

It’s typical of Rugby eague to take an agenda and run with it until it doesn’t fit the game anymore. How many tackled players are simply rolling the ball between their legs again? That was a major catastrophe last year. The hip drop was brought in to stop the “Greg Eastwood on Bryce Cartwright” type tackle, not a perfectly time shoulder to the hips driving leg tackle, where you end up is unfortunate not an act of intent to injure.

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