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Old Nick

Old Nick

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DD67 said:
Down a player & a CESM ref! 🙄
If England can pull off a win? It'll definitely be very well deserved.
But I'm not counting my chickens just yet Nick.

On another subject...
Has the "high tackle" rule been coming into play lower & lower down the body since we played regularly?
I recall a "high tackle" being grabbing a fast moving opponent around the head. Now it seems to be anywhere above the sternum! 😏
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High tackle is now above the shoulders as opposed to neck or head in the good old days :)

Problem with some of these guys is where do shoulders start:unsure:

Also head contact automatic red :oops: same for spear tackles and dumping people on their heads
 
DD67

DD67

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Old Nick said:
High tackle is now above the shoulders as opposed to neck or head in the good old days :)

Problem with some of these guys is where do shoulders start:unsure:

Also head contact automatic red :oops: same for spear tackles and dumping people on their heads
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As a schoolboy player I/we got away with a "flat hand tackle" to the face.
i.e. a flat hand unless you thought you were in the Refs blindspot?
Then the hand was momentarily closed into a fist before being quickly opened again 😉

I appreciate that the old rules were dangerous/brutal. But back then it really was a mans game. Almost a scrap with a few rules? 🤔

After I left school & played club rugby for a while. We still shared a beer or 10 with the guy that used such a dirty tackle against us & got away with it. With the mindset that "your card is marked" the next time we meet/play 🙂

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A better description of "flat hand" would be pushing a player away who was attempting to tackle you.
 
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Old Nick

Old Nick

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DD67 said:
As a schoolboy player I/we got away with a "flat hand tackle" to the face.
i.e. a flat hand unless you thought you were in the Refs blindspot?
Then the hand was momentarily closed into a fist before being quickly opened again 😉

I appreciate that the old rules were dangerous/brutal. But back then it really was a mans game. Almost a scrap with a few rules? 🤔

After I left school & played club rugby for a while. We still shared a beer or 10 with the guy that used such a dirty tackle against us & got away with it. With the mindset that "your card is marked" the next time we meet/play 🙂

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A better description of "flat hand" would be pushing a player away who was attempting to tackle you.
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Handoff(y)

Also a good opportunity to poke the tackler in the eye:)
 
DD67

DD67

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Old Nick said:
Handoff(y)

Also a good opportunity to poke the tackler in the eye:)
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Yep!
But I can see why it was outlawed Nick.
As you'll know, there were far more serious injuries back then mate.
It's still 50 times more rough than "Puffball" though.
But it's definitely safer for the players now 🙂
 
Old Nick

Old Nick

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DD67 said:
Yep!
But I can see why it was outlawed Nick.
As you'll know, there were far more serious injuries back then mate.
It's still 50 times more rough than "Puffball" though.
But it's definitely safer for the players now 🙂
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Handoffs are still legal mate(y)

The main injury we’re neck issues from scrums (props and hookers) and falling at line outs plus spear tackles with the guy being tackles landing on his neck

Oh and dislocated shoulders:(

Broken toes,fingers, and ribs don’t count:)
 
Old Nick

Old Nick

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DD67 said:
The only bones I've broken are ribs.

Three of them after a misjudged/misguided tackle.
I landed on the guys studs, chest first 🙁

Painful, but not life threatening 🙂
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That’s it mate, hurts like fuck but no hospital required to interrupt the drinking:)

The worst infury I witnessed was a guy tackled side on with his leg in a maul at the knee cap, his tendons went like a shotgun blast only just drowned out by his screaming:(

He was back playing the next season(y)
 
Old Nick

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Tomorrow at 8.00 o’clock is ‘Le Crunch’

Definitely a game where the phrase ‘It’s not the winning, it’s the taking apart that counts’ applies(y)

And Eddie has made the weirdest team selection ever:oops::( he’s definitely crossed the genius/insanity line:sneaky:
 
DD67

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Having just checked the online odds.
I reckon I'm gonna break the habit of a lifetime & watch the puffball tonight.

Apparently England will hammer Wales? 🤔

Watching the England mens team win something, is always a special occasion 😉
 
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