Cannonball run out of town - NRL ban rugby league kneecap tackle

[Kaz]

THE NRL's most dangerous new tackle, the kneecapper or cannonball, has been banned from this weekend onwards.
As foreshadowed by The Daily Telegraph last week, the NRL today unveiled a set of guidelines to rub out the tackle, in which a third player attacks the legs of a player already held by his teammates.


NRL Referees Coach Stuart Raper said the guidelines would have the support of players and fans.


http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...e-kneecap-tackle/story-e6frep5x-1226087902871


About time, it should have been banned months ago.

 

[Coxy]

I agree, I just hope there's not a similar misunderstanding or interpretation of the rule similar to the "tackling a player in the air". As long as it's just tackles that target the mid-lower legs of a player held already, fine. But if they start penalising people for tackling around the hips or thighs to get them on the ground, that's bullshit.

 

[jarro65]

Good call by the NRL to finally outlaw this terrible tactic !!

I'm just glad Hoffman didn't get a serious injury from the Sandow tackle.

 

[Je$ter]

Still, I'd like to see Sam Thaiday cannonball Michael Ennis tonight.

 

[Porthoz]

Still, I'd like to see Sam Thaiday cannonball Michael Ennis tonight.

+100000000000000

 

[Porthoz]

New south wales

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