Re: Worst Tackle Ever : Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:56 pm  

tigertot wrote:

The worst/most cowardly was Fev v Cas in the mid-80s. Barry Johnson took the ball in, had players all round him holding him up but he still got the ball out, as he always seemed to manage. While he was still held, including both arms, IIRC Tim Slatter nutted him on the jaw, breaking it badly. Johnson did come back from that but broke it again & his Cas career was effectively over.

That's one that really sticks in the gut, I don't think he even got suspended for that, but it more or less ruined BJ's promising career.

Re: Worst Tackle Ever : Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:53 am  

tigertot wrote:

The worst/most cowardly was Fev v Cas in the mid-80s. Barry Johnson took the ball in, had players all round him holding him up but he still got the ball out, as he always seemed to manage. While he was still held, including both arms, IIRC Tim Slatter nutted him on the jaw, breaking it badly. Johnson did come back from that but broke it again & his Cas career was effectively over.

That get's my vote and I suspect it always will.

Re: Worst Tackle Ever : Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:06 am  

danny boy1 wrote:

That's one that really sticks in the gut, I don't think he even got suspended for that, but it more or less ruined BJ's promising career.

He didn't get penalised at the time & as it was pre-videoing of all games there were no repurcussions, except on Johnson & Cas.

Re: Worst Tackle Ever : Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:52 am  

I remember the Tim Slatter head butt, truly awful incident and I believe that previous posters are correct, he went completely unpunished, which is unfortunate.

For me though it's Adrian Morley 12 seconds or so into that GB game, wtf was he thinking?

Seen Kelvin Skerritt do some really nasty stuff too, also the Isaac Luke leg twist on your "man of steel" was horrible.

Re: Worst Tackle Ever : Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:38 am  

Homer_J_Simpson wrote:

I remember the Tim Slatter head butt, truly awful incident and I believe that previous posters are correct, he went completely unpunished, which is unfortunate.

For me though it's Adrian Morley 12 seconds or so into that GB game, wtf was he thinking?

Seen Kelvin Skerritt do some really nasty stuff too, also the Isaac Luke leg twist on your "man of steel" was horrible.

The difference for me with the Slatter/Johnson incident, similar to the recent Elima/Gaskell one (not in magnitude), was that the attacking player had let go/lost the ball & was entilted to relax his body/alertness & not expect the assault.

Re: Worst Tackle Ever : Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:56 am  

Keith Hepworth on Colin Tyrer in the 1970 Challenge Cup Final. The little coward then took to being injured in subsequent games v Wigan until a night game at Leeds a few years later.
Justice and retribution all in one.

Re: Worst Tackle Ever : Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:12 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Keith Hepworth on Colin Tyrer in the 1970 Challenge Cup Final. The little coward then took to being injured in subsequent games v Wigan until a night game at Leeds a few years later.
Justice and retribution all in one.

Probably the worst seen in a cup final but to call Hepworth - pound for pound the most fearless tackler of a brutal era - a coward beggars belief.

Re: Worst Tackle Ever : Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:01 pm  

Mainly due to the timing of it and how it probably cost them the game....Adrian Morley's effort to start the Ashes at the then named JJB Stadium.

Bai & Kearney's spear tackle on Jarrod McKracken too.

Re: Worst Tackle Ever : Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:15 pm  

David Bradbury on Lee Harland at Watersheddings in about 1994 was a bad one. Broke Harland's jaw and he was out for quite some time.

Re: Worst Tackle Ever : Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:37 pm  

Bonzo wrote:

David Bradbury on Lee Harland at Watersheddings in about 1994 was a bad one. Broke Harland's jaw and he was out for quite some time.

Indeed....also Widnes' Hogan on Brian Hughes circa 1980?