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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:52 am
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Ref boss backs Storm tackle
NRL referees boss Bill Harrigan has cleared Melbourne to continue with its latest controversial tackling technique, even though it has drawn heat from critics who have categorised it alongside other Storm-inspired moves such as the outlawed grapple tackle and chicken wing.
Channel Nine commentator and Eels great Peter Sterling highlighted the technique during last week's broadcast of the Brisbane-Storm game when he declared ''all [Melbourne's] wrestling is now done on the standing player''.
The tackle involves up to three Melbourne defenders hitting the ball-carrier high to slow him down while a third defender waits until just before the referee calls ''held'' to tackle him around the ankles. The defenders then twist the attacking player on to his back to enforce a slow play-the-ball
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/l ... z1TfQGhHfv
Ref boss backs Storm tackle
NRL referees boss Bill Harrigan has cleared Melbourne to continue with its latest controversial tackling technique, even though it has drawn heat from critics who have categorised it alongside other Storm-inspired moves such as the outlawed grapple tackle and chicken wing.
Channel Nine commentator and Eels great Peter Sterling highlighted the technique during last week's broadcast of the Brisbane-Storm game when he declared ''all [Melbourne's] wrestling is now done on the standing player''.
The tackle involves up to three Melbourne defenders hitting the ball-carrier high to slow him down while a third defender waits until just before the referee calls ''held'' to tackle him around the ankles. The defenders then twist the attacking player on to his back to enforce a slow play-the-ball
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/l ... z1TfQGhHfv