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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 564743" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>Watch the video. There was no pulling back movement at all. Doubt Kearney quite knows precisely what happened in the seconds leading up to the incident, that's what concussion does.</p><p></p><p>I view this incident in a similar way to a diving double footed challenge in football. Even if a tackler connects with the ball first in that scenario, he is still deemed to have been reckless and dangerous, opening up the possibility of seriously injuring the opposition player. The game of rugby is a very dangerous game when people start doing reckless things. If there's a chance of connecting with another players head whilst going to kick the ball, the player shouldn't bloody kick the ball. It's not difficult. In some instances it's unavoidable (i.e. a player falling on a loose ball whilst an opposition player is already swinging his leg), but this wasn't one of those. Kearney's head was always in the way, and if a player couldn't see that kicking the ball in that situation wasn't going to cause harm then I don't know what to say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 564743, member: 13739"] Watch the video. There was no pulling back movement at all. Doubt Kearney quite knows precisely what happened in the seconds leading up to the incident, that's what concussion does. I view this incident in a similar way to a diving double footed challenge in football. Even if a tackler connects with the ball first in that scenario, he is still deemed to have been reckless and dangerous, opening up the possibility of seriously injuring the opposition player. The game of rugby is a very dangerous game when people start doing reckless things. If there's a chance of connecting with another players head whilst going to kick the ball, the player shouldn't bloody kick the ball. It's not difficult. In some instances it's unavoidable (i.e. a player falling on a loose ball whilst an opposition player is already swinging his leg), but this wasn't one of those. Kearney's head was always in the way, and if a player couldn't see that kicking the ball in that situation wasn't going to cause harm then I don't know what to say. [/QUOTE]
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