Lodge, you Monster

[eaglebuzz]

** this hip drop bull**. Nobody knows what the **** it is and no player does it intentionally. If Smith gets up nobody bats an eyelid.

Elliot Whitehead used to do them intentionally all the time.

 

[frank stokes]

The following sets out the key indicators whether a charge is to be considered:

1. Grip – the defending player has a grip on the attacking player (one hand or two)
2. Rotate – the defending player uses that grip and swings or rotates their body to a position behind or to the side of the ball carrier
3. Drop – the defending player then drops their body weight directly onto the attacking player's legs (as opposed to their body weight landing on the ground first to absorb most of the impact)

from NRL.com

Tackler got called for a hip drop the other night and one of the tacklers legs went BETWEEN the attackers legs… who the f*ck knows what a hip drop is? The NRL don’t, the ref doesn’t, the bunker has no idea so how the f*ck would you and I know?

Seems if your weight goes onto the players leg and (this is the important bit) the player gets hurt then it is deemed a hip drop… I was amazed we were not penalised for Lodge incident…

 

[349]

Just saw on channel 7 referred to as Alleged hip drop (innocent until mentioned)

 

[Rosko]

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