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I watch quite a bit of league and in that circumstance I've seen plenty of penalties for exactly this type of tackle this year. As soon as the ball carrier is treated in league they check it and if shoulder contacts with head, it's a penalty - nothing more (which is all that should have...

It had some good features though, and there has been a noticeable improvement in fitness and general ball handling skills since June. A work in progess, although still nowhere near the ABs or England.

Those posters who said he wasn't up to it have been strangely quiet post match.

That tackle would even have been a penalty in league. It should have been a penalty in this game as well. Note that the referee and the TMO ruled that it was a head clash and that the shoulder didn't contact the head, which was the basis for their decision. Peyper was trying to suggest...

There won't be any citing as it was a penalty only offence.

It may even be a lack of confidence. When Beale has played fullback for example, when he came into the backline it was at full speed and was usually timed to perfection. We rarely see those involvements from Izzy.

From an Argentinian perspective, I thought that they were badly let down in their catch/pass skills. Plenty of half chances to make line breaks were stopped by a poor pass or a player sticking his hand out and knocking a ball down which was meant for someone else. Their (correctly) disallowed...

I was impressed by Hodge's involvements - he seems to look to get involved much more than Folau. Izzy is somewhat of an enigma - he plays in a position tailor-made for him to pop up anywhere and use his considerable ability running with ball in hand, but he seems to go long stretches of games...

Perhpas not you, but the thread would be in meltdown by now.

Also agree with other posters that Hooper is growing into the role of captaincy. Interactions with the referee were excellent. And I thought that the referee did an excellent job.

Your approach is contrary to everything that WR (World Rugby) has said and done re protecting the head of players over the past 10 years. Players need to adjust their tackling techniques to avoid knocking another player out. I'm imagining the different response had Brodie Retallick tackled Israel Folau...

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Shoulder contact with the head while making a tackle is a penalty. Black and white. See post 304 so I don't have to repeat myself.

Whether it's dumb or not, it's the law. If you go to the link, you'll see that it was introduced to prevent the very incident which happened in this game. i.e to stop players going in to make a tackle with so little margin for error that the slightest slip from either player would lead to...

The much (unfairly) maligned backrow went well. Foley good with ball in hand. The fitness level of the team and their ability to execute basic skills at speed has improved out of sight since June.

In a bid to reduce injuries in the sport, World Rugby has redefined illegal high tackle categories and increased sanctions to deter high tackles via a revised set of law application guidelines. In effect, the changes aim to ensure that the head is a no-go area. The changes introducing minimum...

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Thanks. :) About 5 tries to 1 from that score?

Yours has now disappeared too. I can see mine, IS and BW from this page. There's a similar problem on other threads. I'm on Google Chrome - I have no idea if that has anything to do with it or not.