It is now mandatory that you dont hit shorte players in the head and knock them out.

Sonny Bill Williams used to shoulder chargers without hitting people in the head.

Part of this study involves players taking IQ tests over a period of time – interestingly, Frank Lampard of Chelsea returned a score higher than the Professor running the study !!!

what do you mean by that?

They are generally front on, the line of tacklers is normally either mostly stationary or often on the back foot with the guy about to be tackled coming straight at them. THat scenario rarely, rarely is going to happen on an AFL field.

There’s a reason that it’s Rugby League style tackling – - because, it’s perculiar to the game with a 6 tackle rule, off-side, no forward passing (by hand).

AFL style tacking is more a predatory style tackle, the run down from behind by a speedy small forward on the indecisive defender. More similar to the chase down in RL when a guy actually breaks the line – - but, that’s the vast minority of RL tackles. A RL match tackle count of 200 odd tackles, vast majority are pretty straight forward within the defensive line.

Tackling is far more important to RL than AR. However, the tackle count has increased in number as the speed and fitness of players has increased by virtue of increased rotations off the interchange bench and the Sydney Swans style of putting 10 players around the ball.

A tackle in League is about stopping one of 5 runs where possesion will remain with one team (assuming clean possession) , a tackle in AFL will lead to a turnover or a ball up. That is, it creates a restart of the contest for the ball.

I would equate a tackle to next tackle in League to a player kicking to his team-mate who marks the ball in AFL . That is possession to next possession.

The whole point of tackling in AFL is about turning over posession, it is partly a grind, to wear the other team down, but as there are 18 players on the field it is a less successful strategy in weakening through attrition. The game is different.

Tackling is actually one of the more dour aspects of the appeal of Aussie Rules, fast running, kicking and marking is the game play.

In saying that a tackle is enjoyed by the Aussie Rules crowd who yells “balllll!” how it is executed is unimportant (needs to be legal) that your team gets the ball is.

When Karmicheal Hunt runs onto the field in hir first AFL game it will do him no good to tackle in a RL way, the field is much bigger, he will be chasing (no offside) more often than not and tackling from behind rather hitting up front.

Redb

1. The rules for tackling in aussie rules are much, much stricter: no over the shoulder, nothing below the knees, stay out of their back,etc So that immediately eliminates about half of all “rugby league tackling”.

2. Just as the slide tackle is a secondary skill in soccer, the tackle is a secondary skill in aussie rules. Good teams are better at tackling than poor teams, generally speaking, but the game isn’t won and lost on tackling alone – just as a soccer game isn’t won and lost on how good a team is at doing slide tackles.

3. The dynamics and circumstances of the two games are completely different. In aussie rules, a player can run in all directions to avoid getting tackled, and/or will give the ball off to avoid getting tackling and to retain possession. In League, you keep possession for six tackles, so it’s acceptable to run the ball up directly at your tackler and just hold onto the ball – that’s an entirely different mind set – its chalk and cheese.

4. In aussie rules, physical pressure can be put on the opposition without even having to do one single ball and all tackle – by dozens of means – as I said earlier – it’s just one part of the game, and even in a defensive aspect, it’s only one part of the armoury.

It would be almost as silly as asking: wouldn’t League fans prefer to see handballing rather than throwing? or would League fans prefer to see one pass forward allowed in every six (and while we’re at it, change the descrtptor of five eighth to quarterback)

Don’t worry about Pip, a football writer has upset him.

Everyone no matter what sport they follow or don’t follow, should never have a rotten birthday.

It’s a real pity the Beatle clip has been taken down … but someone has a youtube out of it anyway… But to the song … A Day in the Life

Answer: NEVER!!!!

If could see my play list … just love the net … don’t know who pays for all this stuff … I watch football and other sporting events from all over the world for nothing by streaming… I converted my play lists on the site playlist to a file on my PC and have over 1, 000 songs .. then burned those onto CD’s for the car and holidays… in my favorites I have a music file with over 600 youtube clips …

I have this site where I can watch any TV show ever made by streaming … again free … Just waiting for the day when someone shows me how to convert the streaming I receive to my TV …

But as I said who pays I am Fooked if I know… I pay Optus each month for unlimited downloads and with me and my faimly it’s a good deal…

For you .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Nz9B1XFio

11 players per side, rectangular field, round ball, goals, net for Football goals, a goalkeeper and in a different shirt to the other players… now add no tackling, no bumps, no head shots, …. then add talk about how to best use the midfield players, and how to play the backs….

It’s getting closer but not quite there yet…

If it’s there, the umpires have definitely slackened off the intepretation of it.

I can offer one reason why it’s happening more and more in League, and that’s increasing fitness and stamina means the intensity is lasting the whole 80 minutes – more intensity, means more players running at each other at top speed – so once upon a time, you’d have a bit of a head ache as two tired lumps ran into each other – now you have two ultra fit, strong titans hitting each other – and it’s more than just a headache they’re going to get.