The NRL have created this tackling mess

The ranking system doesn't really make sense, it would just make everything even more complicated because two of the same thing, won't be the same always. also, I'm the minority who likes wrestling in the game, it adds another level of depth to the skill of the game.

I'm not sure what the point of this is? Rank the types of tackles. Ok. Why? The problem is that severity, intent and result plays a part in every decision. Most people would rank a head high worse than a chicken wing...but what if the head high was a glancing blow that came off the ball, while the chicken wing dislocated someone's shoulder. I don't understand why people keep saying that the result doesn't matter. It does in every other aspect of life. Drink drive - fine and loss of licence. Drink drive and knock someone down - jail time. Punch someone in the head and bloody their nose - assault. Punch someone in the head and kill them - manslaughter. Why is rugby league different?

Andrew Marmont I salute you. This piece should be obligatory reading for every serious Rugby League fan. Though there have been some timid efforts and suggestions to be seen to be doing something the results to date have been disappointing for such a serious matter. Andrew has provided the trigger for some positive action by the Moore Park Scotsman. Smith has managed to build an army of personnel and departments which to me seem designed to shield the hierarchy and pass the buck to underlings, almost Rudd like in style and acceptance of responsibility. Inspired by Andrew's piece I visited the NRL website and Rule Book. We sure have a way to go. The spear tackle in all its forms must be totally eradicated. Personally, I put "the Head Rammer" ( Gareth Ellis style) where the ball carrier's forehead is rammed into the turf as being equally dangerous. You don't have to be dirty to be tough ... and gladiatorial. There are a minimum of 20 acts of foul play which need to be eradicated for parents to encourage their children to play the GGoA. Once again, thank you Andrew Marmont ... you should be at Chateau on The Park.

If its a great tackle? Great!! The NRL deems it legal so yeah .. Now let all em players learn that great art of safe spear tackling so that the game becomes hyper-exciting! Hopefully all six tackles in each set gets involved in this graceful art!

Josh Reynolds has received support from an unlikely source with Newcastle coach Wayne Bennett claiming the Blues five-eighth's tackle on Brent Tate in State of Origin I was an example of great technique. Reynolds and back rower Beau Scott were charged after an ugly tackle that saw Tate flipped as he hit the ball up during the Origin opener. Scott's penalty was not enough to see him serve any time on the sidelines, while there has been a general outcry since the NRL judiciary downgraded Reynolds' original charge from grade two to grade one, freeing him to play in State of Origin II. Bennett, however, refused to join the chorus of dissenters when he spoke to ABC Grandstand following his side's loss to the Warriors on Sunday. He hit him through the middle, it was great technique and as a coach you're proud of what he did in the tackle. Wayne Bennett And the Knights coach has more than a passing interest in the topic, with the injury to his player Alex McKinnon the catalyst for the alleged crackdown on lifting tackles. Audio: Interview: Wayne Bennett (ABC News) "There are two types of tackles that concern me in our game. One is the lifting tackle where they deliberately go in and lift you without any intention to tackle you and the other is the rugby league tackle which can turn a bit sour on you," Bennett said. "In my opinion that was a rugby league tackle. "It probably needs a bit more debate and I don't want to see that tackle again if I can avoid it, but we have to tackle in our game and it happens in a fraction of a second. "He hit him through the middle, it was great technique and as a coach you're proud of what he did in the tackle. All of a sudden you've got a guy up top and you have another situation. "It's what we teach and we can't not teach that. It's the only way you can stop a big guy running at you, not that Brent (Tate) was a big guy, but a big guy's running at you, you have to hit him in the middle and that's been a part of our game for 100-odd years, but when you get him in that position above the shoulder then you've got another decision to make." Photo: Alex McKinnon was left severely injured after this tackle against Melbourne. (AAP: Brett Crockford) Bennett happy with judiciary process Bennett said he was happy with the judiciary process that has freed Reynolds to play in State of Origin II. "At the end of the day, I was happy enough it was graded, it went to the judiciary, they've made a decision and they've downgraded it a little bit," Bennett said. It's not about the NRL every time they charge you with a grading they're going to be right. Wayne Bennett "I can live with that because that's the way it should be and that's the system we all have to live under and we all have to play by those rules. "It's not about them (judiciary) being the sole judge of penalty, it's about your opportunity to go and present your case and he's done that and he's won it fair and square and that's the way it should operate. "It's not about the NRL every time they charge you with a grading they're going to be right." While Bennett backed the NRL crackdown on lifting tackles, he believes it may never be eradicated from the game. "We're going to never eliminate this problem, but what we have to be is absolutely on the money about it and keep giving guys gradings which they just a couple of weeks after the Alex (McKinnon) situation. They gave about six guys gradings and all of a sudden the lifting tackle was just about non-existent. "I'm not saying it won't come back. Periodically it will and they have to judge each on its merits."

Nothing wrong with the tackle that "Josh Reynolds" made there is an article by none other than Wayne Bennett who has said the same and you would think he would have the most unbiased opinion.... I would link it but its a news artcle from a rival news, use Google news search to find it

Whether it was accidental or not is irrelevant, it occurred. Reynolds lifted the legs, you can't do that. It's even right there in the photo above! It was a dangerous tackle and should of resulted in a suspension. The NRL are inconsistent and this decision will come back to bite them no doubt.

It wasn't a throw and it was accidental. The player over the top was pulling down, not throwing. He pulled down the upper portion of the body. It just so happened that at the same time, there was also another player attempting a regulation tackle around the stomach/torso. The pulling down action had the effect that the tackled players legs went up whilst the upper portion of his body went down, but this was through no lifting, it was through a pulling action.