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The National Rugby League, an Australian rugby league, banned the hip-drop tackle in 2023. The NFL is following suit. (David Becker/AP) ...
These concepts align closely with how the National Rugby League defines a hip-drop tackle. New Zealand Rugby looked into these types of tackles and took action.
The dangerous tackle had to be eliminated in Matty Johns' beloved rugby, and he thinks the same needs to happen in the NFL. He saw the same thing happen in the National Rugby League (NRL) in ...
High Tackle—In Rugby League it is legal to tackle a player anywhere from the shoulder down, and by any means necessary. If a player is tackled around the head then it is called a high tackle.
Rugby league to lower tackle height in bid to make sport safer. The law change follows a similar move in rugby union as both codes try to reduce concussions . Aadi Nair.
Tackling above the armpit will be banned in rugby league matches in Britain to "make the sport safer and more accessible at all levels", governing body Rugby Football League (RFL) said on Friday.
Many a rugby coach over the years has probably received a new player coming over from league and said to themselves, “well at least they will know how to tackle and carry”.
The new tackle height laws being implemented in British rugby league, in which players must tackle below the armpit, appear likely to remain away from the professional game next season after data ...
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