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@saulanedit: is this the one you mean? looked fine to me, only head contact was accidental head to head, right arm wrapping around the front, shoulder to shoulder contact....he could have better technique with his head but not even a penalty for me
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Being accidental doesn't really matter these days (as in, the last 18 months). Any head contact, adn you start at a red card, and mitigate down. Lack of intent is not a mitigation.@saulan i watched a fair bit of that game and dont remember those instances...so maybe we are just letting a lot more stuff go
edit: is this the one you mean? looked fine to me, only head contact was accidental head to head, right arm wrapping around the front, shoulder to shoulder contact....he could have better technique with his head but not even a penalty for me
i actually think old school rucking would fix a few things, obvious not the head but a few tag marks on the back got people out of the ruck just fine and didn't result in penalties and breaks in play etcAhhh, the melodrama.
Has there been even a single year since the game turned professional without claims that the games gone soft, might as well play soccer, it's killing the game?
What WILL kill rugby, is not taking reasonable action to prevent concussive injuries.
If you initiate contact with someone, and you don't make any effort to avoid head contact - then any head contact is your fault, and you will be sanctioned (if noticed). See Charlie Ewels red card against Ireland.
It's no more "game's gone soft" than banning old-style rucking was.
To carry on the point of head clashes, I thought things were a bit better this weekend in the Brumbies vs Western Force game when a very clear head clash was red carded and awarded a penalty try.
Now SANZAAR/ANZAC has rescinded the red card and just given the player a warning. Feels like ANZAC are not on board with the laws on this one.
This thread has a good view on this (including the actual video of contact for reference):