Alan
Reserve Grader
Punch, as I said very little.
Les Boyd was a thug, but it wasn't institutional, he didn't have elbow throwing experts paid by the club come to training and coach him. And he received the appropriate penalty both by suspension and later in the civil courts.
If having two players holding a defenceless player and bending limbs and necks beyond their intended range of movement isn't designed to cause injury then it is a curious habit.
A third man in around the legs is a legitimate tackling technique, diving at the rigid legs of a held up player is designed to hurt him.
Yes, we disagree.
Les Boyd was a thug, but it wasn't institutional, he didn't have elbow throwing experts paid by the club come to training and coach him. And he received the appropriate penalty both by suspension and later in the civil courts.
If having two players holding a defenceless player and bending limbs and necks beyond their intended range of movement isn't designed to cause injury then it is a curious habit.
A third man in around the legs is a legitimate tackling technique, diving at the rigid legs of a held up player is designed to hurt him.
Yes, we disagree.