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Date Posted: Sun, September 30 2007, 14:06:19 GMT-10
Author: Greg Pfeiffer
Subject: Grapple tackles etc

I read some comments in the paper this weeke allegedly made by Robert Finch that referees were not able to police some of the contact made with the head in a tackle (crusher tackle or suchlike) because it happened ater the tackle was completed and the player was being "worked on the ground".

A few points on this. Firstly, I am strugling to find "working the player on the ground" in the Laws of the Game, and didn't realise this was a new privilege given to players. I disagree that this activity occurs after a tackle has been efected, so that Misconduct 15.1.b cannot be enforced.

If this line of thinking is followed, it introduces a new grey area beween the tackle and the play the ball, essentially creating three phases: tackle, working on the ground, play the ball. So what Laws apply while working a player on the ground? Obviously the Laws relating to the tackle are deemed no to apply, so do the play the ball Laws come into effect? If a player is being worked on the ground, what are the tacklers doing? Still trying to effect a tackle, or to slow down the play the ball?

In most cases, I believe a ackle has been effected, and the tacklers are being granted extra privileges to turn players over or pin their shoulders or to somehow delay the process of the play the ball. This has been allowed moreso recently with the concept of the "dominant" tackle, which was supposed to allow the tacklers a bit of extra time to peel off the ackled player. What has happened is that this leniencey has gradualy grown and grown, and now we have the situation where ball carriers are placed in a vulnerable positions, being held by one tacker and having their upper body or head twisted by another player. If Robert Finch's cooments are correct, then it appears he is saying that contact with the head or neck of an opponent whilst working on the ground is OK.

There has been one significant injury as a result of these tactics (which are heavily defended by some coaches in today's paper), but I hope that it doesn't take a serious injury to bring an end to allowing this potentially dangerous and unnecessary facet of our game.

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