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[2019 Rugby Championship] Round 3: Australia vs. New Zealand (10/08/2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 952611" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>I know this is being gone over and will continue to be hustled for a while</p><p>After watching it to death, letter of the law you can easily argue that its a red card. but..</p><p>initial main force of the contact was not to the head it was to the upper back then slid over the neck and head as Coles pulled Hooper down, the main reason why Hooper was unhurt and didn't even need a HIA.</p><p>There is an initial tackler involved which changed the angle of hooper before contact.</p><p>replays from Scotts left show Scott did actually attempt to wrap his left arm.</p><p>This all happened well less than three feet off the ground. Barrett got so low his Knee was on the ground.</p><p>Contacts like this or worse happen more often than they should and they very rarely result in even a penalty. The main factor is a ball carrier going so low and leading with his head where the defender doesn't have access to make contact with the ball, chest, legs or hips. The first point of contact is going to be the head, neck or shoulders.</p><p>If Rugby is going to get serious about reducing head injuries the next rules have to be on ball carriers. If a ball carrier does not reasonably allow a tackler to make safe contact with the ball, chest hips or legs then the chance of a dangerous contact skyrockets and you have to say that the blame for dangerous contact becomes less the fault of the defender and more in the ball carriers hands.</p><p>It seems to me majority of unsafe contact now happens either in situations like this where a ball carrier is leading with the head close to the ground making it hard for a defender to make a safe tackle or where a tackler gets their head in the wrong position when attempting to make a tackle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 952611, member: 43875"] I know this is being gone over and will continue to be hustled for a while After watching it to death, letter of the law you can easily argue that its a red card. but.. initial main force of the contact was not to the head it was to the upper back then slid over the neck and head as Coles pulled Hooper down, the main reason why Hooper was unhurt and didn't even need a HIA. There is an initial tackler involved which changed the angle of hooper before contact. replays from Scotts left show Scott did actually attempt to wrap his left arm. This all happened well less than three feet off the ground. Barrett got so low his Knee was on the ground. Contacts like this or worse happen more often than they should and they very rarely result in even a penalty. The main factor is a ball carrier going so low and leading with his head where the defender doesn't have access to make contact with the ball, chest, legs or hips. The first point of contact is going to be the head, neck or shoulders. If Rugby is going to get serious about reducing head injuries the next rules have to be on ball carriers. If a ball carrier does not reasonably allow a tackler to make safe contact with the ball, chest hips or legs then the chance of a dangerous contact skyrockets and you have to say that the blame for dangerous contact becomes less the fault of the defender and more in the ball carriers hands. It seems to me majority of unsafe contact now happens either in situations like this where a ball carrier is leading with the head close to the ground making it hard for a defender to make a safe tackle or where a tackler gets their head in the wrong position when attempting to make a tackle. [/QUOTE]
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