yokahontas
Bencher
You are right re Jake’s tackling technique, the only issue is that he gets no benefit for it because he doesn’t go for the wrestle. He just knocks them straight down but the refs demand he lets them straight up
It’s just another total bollocks rule/interpretation change that works against guys who play the game properly. Cutting a guy in half by hitting him hard across the hips or under the ribs and sitting him on his arse was rewarded for a while there, by being called as ‘dominant tackle’ and the tackler being given a bit more leeway to get up (in theory, anyway).
Seems like now the NRL want ineffective tackles that need 3 guys to hold a player up without getting him to ground, or that end up in a ‘stacks on’ with ample opportunity for the grubs to get knees and elbows and joint locks happening.