Posts Tagged "NRL shoulder charge"
At the outset I’ll admit I never tried to make a shoulder charge tackle in my life. I was hit by one or two in my career – yet I believe they should remain a part of rugby league as we know and love it.
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Giving the rules the cold shoulder
By Colin Stuart, 28 Feb 2013There are two current evils in the NRL: the shoulder charge and Twitter. One is codified as a law of the game, with opposition, and the other should be.
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Shoulder charging with the full force of the law
By John Vizzone, 28 Nov 2012Last week I was reading perhaps the most unusual yet surprisingly underrated source of legal and political debate: a rugby league forum.
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PRICHARD: Good riddance to the shoulder charge
By Greg Prichard, 23 Nov 2012The collective outcry from NRL players over the banning of the shoulder charge is further evidence that they must be protected from themselves.
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A plea to keep shoulder charges
By Nicholashugo, 31 Jul 2012So I am writing this while still in a daze through a combination of recklessness, a steep slope, and a skateboard that landed on the back of my head on the pavement, resulting in what’s commonly known as a concussion.
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Why Burns is the NRL’s safety scapegoat
By Chris Chard, 27 Jul 2012At a time when concussions and rugby league tackling techniques are big news, someone was always going to be made a scapegoat to subdue the frothing masses. And, as far as scapegoats go, there are few better than Travis Burns.
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