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Will Dylan Hartley ever learn?
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 828922" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Rubbish! You do not need to use a violent swinging arm to wrap in a tackle. If you do, and this a part of your standard tacking technique, then you are heading for a world of trouble with referees and disciplinary officials.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The question is, why was he using a swinging arm in the first place? There is categorically NO merit in doing what he did. If he was lining up the player for a swinging forearm to his opponent's kidney area then the only reason he could be doing that is to intentionally injure his opponent, and that action is still striking according to the Laws. Swinging your arms to strike a player is absolutely no part of making a tackle. </p><p></p><p>Just bloody well watch this...</p><p></p><p><img src="https://m0.sportsjoe.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/09211234/Hartley-OBrien.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I find it impossible to believe that his intention here was to clean out or tackle. He was trying to injure his opponent. Pure and simple.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Fair enough, but we are talking about Hartley here who has now had, count 'em, SEVEN appearances in front of the judiciary in nine years (SIX of them in the last four years) . Do you not think that someone who as appeared so often before the courts charged with such violent offences as biting, punching and head butting, should at some point lose their right to lenience for being polite and remorseful, particularly when they have a proven track record of going right back out onto the field and doing it again. A what point does the judiciary say enough is enough?</p><p></p><p>IMO, its high time WR introduced a three-strikes-and-you're-out regulation... three Citings resulting in guilty verdicts and suspension should get you 12 months out of the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 828922, member: 20605"] Rubbish! You do not need to use a violent swinging arm to wrap in a tackle. If you do, and this a part of your standard tacking technique, then you are heading for a world of trouble with referees and disciplinary officials. The question is, why was he using a swinging arm in the first place? There is categorically NO merit in doing what he did. If he was lining up the player for a swinging forearm to his opponent's kidney area then the only reason he could be doing that is to intentionally injure his opponent, and that action is still striking according to the Laws. Swinging your arms to strike a player is absolutely no part of making a tackle. Just bloody well watch this... [IMG]https://m0.sportsjoe.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/09211234/Hartley-OBrien.gif[/IMG] I find it impossible to believe that his intention here was to clean out or tackle. He was trying to injure his opponent. Pure and simple. Fair enough, but we are talking about Hartley here who has now had, count 'em, SEVEN appearances in front of the judiciary in nine years (SIX of them in the last four years) . Do you not think that someone who as appeared so often before the courts charged with such violent offences as biting, punching and head butting, should at some point lose their right to lenience for being polite and remorseful, particularly when they have a proven track record of going right back out onto the field and doing it again. A what point does the judiciary say enough is enough? IMO, its high time WR introduced a three-strikes-and-you're-out regulation... three Citings resulting in guilty verdicts and suspension should get you 12 months out of the game. [/QUOTE]
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