Rugby league legend Matty Johns has labelled hip drop tackles “insidious” and backed the NRL’s transfer to stamp the controversial deal with out of the sport.
Bulldogs younger gun Jacob Preston was the newest participant to be despatched to the sin bin for the harmful deal with approach after bringing Rabbitohs winger Izack Thompson to the bottom.
The 21-year-old escaped suspension and plenty of had been sceptical of the choice to ship him from the sphere for 10 minutes.
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Speaking throughout the Rabbitohs and Bulldogs’ conflict, Dan Ginnane stated the NRL had despatched a directive to golf equipment throughout the week, making it clear they had been stamping down on the approach.
Bryan Fletcher was clearly confused on the subject and Johns stated he was sure that beforehand the deal with was getting used on goal, however now gamers are merely making a mistake.
“I still don’t get these hip drops, be honest here, certain coaches are saying certain players are meaning this, you don’t learn that at training do you,” Fletcher stated on Sunday evening with Matty Johns.
“I’ll say it, I reckon there has, it has come from somewhere, I cannot come at the fact that all of this has just come out of nowhere,” Johns stated.
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“There has been, there was a period in the game where players were doing it deliberately.”
“There would have been yeah, I think so too but some of the tackles we see now aren’t done on purpose,” Nathan Hindmarsh added.
“They are just tackles that have gone wrong and we are going to get that in the game.”
Johns additionally pointed to Preston’s deal with and stated “he wasn’t in control” with the tackler having obligation of care to not injure their opponent.
He additionally defined that hip drop tackles have the potential to inflict career-ending accidents and backed the NRL’s transfer to stamp them out of the sport.
“Jacob Preston’s there, he had his feet off the ground, he wasn’t in control but there’s others that I think they have got the ability to not be in that position and do it,” Johns stated.
“I’ll say this… they’ve identified a tackle that basically is foul play and was being used, which began to bring an opponent to the ground but then we’ve seen players end up with injuries that could be career-threatening.
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“I’ll give you an example, what we are going through with the game there is a lot of criticism… but what they are doing is they are in the midst of trying to get rid of a tackle that is insidious.
“It can finish a career.”
Speaking after their Round 6 conflict, Rabbitohs coach Jason Demetriou additionally supported the NRL’s determination.
“The game is doing a great job trying to do what they can,” Demetriou stated.
“It is up to the clubs to show some onus because it is going to affect your team somewhere.
“You are going to lose a high-quality player to a hip drop, which is a tackle that can be avoided in my opinion.
“We don’t practice it. There is no way that would happen at training, I can’t stress that point enough, it does not happen at training.
“Coaches and teammates would not let that happen, so I don’t know why we are accepting that it is OK on the field.”
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