chubbs1981 wrote:
Alot has been made of the shoulder barge tackle it's my fav part of the game as a born a bred southerner who only got his first chance to play league at 25 I can tell you the rlc is filling up with ru players who love rl for simply this reason! The shoulder barge is great long may it remain. A third man shoulder charge though is naughty and should be banned as that is to injure.
Lets not confuse a legit much lived part if the game with a part of the game exploited by cowards to cause injury
SECTION 11
THE TACKLE AND PLAY-THE-BALL
Tackle player 1. A player in possession may be tackled by an
in possession opposing player or players. It is illegal to tackle or
obstruct a player who is not in possession.
When tackled: 2. A player in possession is tackled:
Grounded (a) when he is held by one or more opposing players
and the ball or the hand or arm holding the ball
comes into contact with the ground.
Upright (b) when he is held by one or more opposing players
in such a manner that he can make no further
progress and cannot part with the ball.
Succumbing (c) when, being held by an opponent, the tackled
player makes it evident that he has succumbed to
the tackle and wishes to be released in order to
play the ball.
Hand on player (d) when he is lying on the ground and an opponent
already grounded places a hand on him.
All taken from the RFL all suggest that the player has to be halted either stood up or on the ground with an opponent in contact with the attacking player, a Shoulder barge does neither, and is not mentioned or coached at junior level or
shouldn’t be infact the rules of junior rugby deem it an illegal attempt at tackling...it isn’t a technique that coaches especially attempt players to be adept at and I doubt spend or waste time coaching, why because it doesn’t if not performed with the intended result actually stop a player like a well timed tackle, its sole purpose is to halt the run of a player but not effect a tackle. The game is hard enough with faster and harder impact's now than ever before without the need for this type of contact and im amazed the RFL looking at the injuries caused haven’t taken this to task. If you feel it is the favourite part of the game for you
, your 1st easily pleased and 2nd pretty poor at proper tackling. My gripe isnt just with Ryan Bailey, as a player i dont like him, but as a squad player he does his job and cheeply looking at comments on here....
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but they don't have to pick any player they don't think is up to the job. Ask the likes of Matt Adamson and Luke Burgess who've missed out on GF appearances at Ryan Bailey's expense. 
