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Bledisloe red cards - spot on.

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I guess you could say that I have been (very) loosely following the Bledisloe Cup series down under – a 4 match series this year between Australia and New Zealand seeing as they currently have no one else to play.

Unsurprisingly the series was taken by the All Blacks in emphatic style last week with a 43-5 victory in Sydney, to add to their 27-7 victory in Auckland (the first Test in Wellington having been drawn 16-16).

More surprisingly the Wallabies came roaring back today with a 24-22 win in Brisbane. Rather than the Aussie victory, however, the talking point from this game appears to be the red cards dished out to Ofa Tuungafasi of New Zealand and Lachie Swinton of Australia, both for high tackles, with a number of keyboard warriors labelling the decisions as “soft”.

Having seen both tackles – both were high, both were dangerous, both were red cards.

Let’s be clear here – rugby is not going soft. It is illegal to tackle high for reason – it puts your opponent at risk of serious injury. 

If you start your tackle at chest height there is a pretty good chance that you will make dangerous contact with the head, whether or not you intend to. Get your tackles lower, to waist height, and the risk of hitting the head disappears, unless you are extremely unfortunate.

Stop tackling high. It’s really that simple.

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Source: https://www.totalflanker.co.uk/2020/11/bledisloe-red-cards-spot-on.html


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