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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 832701" data-attributes="member: 20605">Without reading the whole thread, are you talking about the scenario where a player intentionally targets the knees of player standing in a tackle, or the knees of the plant foot of a player who has just kicked?If so, there is no specific law that out Laws this. Rugby League calls it a &quot;Cannonball Tackle&quot; and it is illegal under their Laws. Recovering from a serious knee injury takes a long time. I have seen&nbsp; occasions when a cannonball tackle has ruled out a player for an entire&nbsp; season.&quot;A cannonball tackle occurs when a defender&nbsp; makes dangerous contact with the leg of an opponent who is already held&nbsp; in possession and deemed to be in a vulnerable position&quot; However, in RU, there is Law 10.4 (e) [TEXTAREA]10.4 (e) Dangerous tackling. A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerously.Sanction: Penalty kick[/TEXTAREA]Aside from the specific examples listed in that Law (stiff-arm, head high, early, late, without the ball etc) it is left open for the referee to interpret what he considers dangerous. Anything that I consider to be intent to injure I would rule as dangerous. Running shoulder-first directly into a player&#039;s knee (especially from front or side on) achieves nothing tactically that grabbing them around the ankles would not achieve, and IMO, can have no purpose other than to intentionally injure. I would penalise such a player for dangerous play. Any who don&#039;t agree, ask yourself if you would be OK with an opponent doing this to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 832701, member: 20605"] Without reading the whole thread, are you talking about the scenario where a player intentionally targets the knees of player standing in a tackle, or the knees of the plant foot of a player who has just kicked? If so, there is no specific law that out Laws this. Rugby League calls it a "Cannonball Tackle" and it is illegal under their Laws. Recovering from a serious knee injury takes a long time. I have seen occasions when a cannonball tackle has ruled out a player for an entire season. [I]"A [B]cannonball tackle[/B] occurs when a defender makes dangerous contact with the leg of an opponent who is already held in possession and deemed to be in a vulnerable position"[/I] However, in RU, there is Law 10.4 (e) [TEXTAREA]10.4 (e) Dangerous tackling. A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or[B] dangerously.[/B] Sanction: Penalty kick[/TEXTAREA] Aside from the specific examples listed in that Law (stiff-arm, head high, early, late, without the ball etc) it is left open for the referee to interpret what he considers dangerous. Anything that I consider to be intent to injure I would rule as dangerous. Running shoulder-first directly into a player's knee (especially from front or side on) achieves nothing tactically that grabbing them around the ankles would not achieve, and IMO, can have no purpose other than to intentionally injure. I would penalise such a player for dangerous play. Any who don't agree, ask yourself if you would be OK with an opponent doing this to you. [/QUOTE]

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