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Date Posted: Tue, July 24 2007, 17:56:01 GMT-10
Author: Gregory Pfeiffer
Subject: Re: High Tackle and Knee
In reply to: Luke 's message, "High Tackle and Knee" on Tue, July 24 2007, 13:04:06 GMT-10

>>It does raise the point of why a knee is a send-off
>>offence whereas a head high tackle is only an "on
>>report" offence.
>
>Because a Knee to the head in most cases is 100%
>Intentional, where as the majority of High Tackles are
>accidental even if they are really bad ones. Thats
>coming from a Player and Referee's Perspective.

If the contact is accidental, then a penalty is not warranted. However, most high tackles are reckless or careless due to a poor tackling style that is inherently dangerous, and tend to cause broken jaws, broken noses, head injuries and other significant problems (like cheekbone and eye-socket fractures)

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  • Re: High Tackle and Knee -- Luke B, Wed, July 25 2007, 22:26:55 GMT-10
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