Will Napa change his tackling style?

[RoosterChick]

It’s when Napa and jwh play the best, they put fear in the opposition when they play mental. But it seems 0 or 10 with them, and 10 sees them spending time on the sideline.

Well, not this week!

[The Skeez]

Let’s just see if he continues with that style of tackle. He doesn’t do it every tackle, maybe 3-4 times a game in recent times.

[ROC181]

We don't want to see the tough tackles removed from the game and we love it when JWH, Napa or others do a great hit on the opposition. Unfortunately it's a double edge sword because there's a small margin for errors. Napa specifically has been sailing close to the wind in the past few games with tackles that could have easily costs us penalties. If we want to win games, we're going to have to have to control that otherwise what happened on Friday will happen again and again, especially when those 2 cheats Sutton or Klein are on and we play their favourite teams.

[The Skeez]

This from Napa’s old man, Stan:

“He goes hard but fair. These things happen. There was no charge so he doesn’t have to change anything.

“He has made over 4000 tackles in the NRL and all of a sudden people are saying he should change his technique.

“He has only been suspended once and that’s not too bad for a guy that plays on the limit.”

They are pretty good stats.. has he only been suspended once?
Rate that

[roosterchook]

The bottom line here is we don’t want any player from any club to get a broken jaw from playing the greatest game so in order to prevent that we try and develop techniques of tackling which are less dangerous. The Napa tackle was clearly very dangerous and unnecessary resulting in a broken jaw.

Accidents happen but that that was a stupid risky tackle that was not needed to put the man down. There were far less injurious and effective ways to tackle that player so why did Napa go for the risky one? He has to get those tackles out of his game.

[eddie]

Can't believe how some idiots, like Bennett are carrying on.
It's bloody rugby league not ballroom dancing.

The tackle was fine.
Robbo summed it up best I reckon.
If anything, we should have got the penalty for them starting the blue.

[Tommy Smith]

Napa was excellent in his interview this morning.

I've criticised his play recently but he held himself very well in answering those questions.

Well played young man and keep up your form from the past two weeks.

[ism22]

The bottom line here is we don’t want any player from any club to get a broken jaw from playing the greatest game so in order to prevent that we try and develop techniques of tackling which are less dangerous. The Napa tackle was clearly very dangerous and unnecessary resulting in a broken jaw.

Accidents happen but that that was a stupid risky tackle that was not needed to put the man down. There were far less injurious and effective ways to tackle that player so why did Napa go for the risky one? He has to get those tackles out of his game.

How was the tackle any more dangerous than any other tackle? If a player steps and smacks you in the head due to their inability to step then why is the tackle dangerous?

Sims shoulda just taken the tackle and focussed on holding the pill rather than deciding to do a late step. The step was dangerous... ban stepping?

[zac]

Napa was excellent in his interview this morning.

I've criticised his play recently but he held himself very well in answering those questions.

Well played young man and keep up your form from the past two weeks.

Agree - he was straightforward and honest.

[roosterchook]

How was the tackle any more dangerous than any other tackle? If a player steps and smacks you in the head due to their inability to step then why is the tackle dangerous?

Sims shoulda just taken the tackle and focussed on holding the pill rather than deciding to do a late step. The step was dangerous... ban stepping?

i think if the boot were on the other foot, in other words say Mitchell got a broken jaw, there’d be one hell of a protest and objection to it.

if it was Mitchell’s or Keary’s jaw that was broken would you be saying it’s ok? My point is the NRL need to find more ways to avoid connection with the head. It’s not about who’s right or wrong but player safety. While tackles like this can be executed no matter who’s wrong, our players are in danger too. It’s a contact sport not touch footy but chest high is enough. Head needs to be off limits. Maybe like in the NFL we all need to wear crash helmets.

[Random Rooster]

It’s a contact sport not touch footy but chest high is enough. Head needs to be off limits. Maybe like in the NFL we all need to wear crash helmets.

Yes i think you could be right on this one. We need to put safety first.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlv6BrrxD_4

[eddie]

i think if the boot were on the other foot, in other words say Mitchell got a broken jaw, there’d be one hell of a protest and objection to it.

No. We are not all hypocrits. Rugby league is a contact sport, and accidents happen.
I miss rugby league.
All clubs have injuries.

[The Skeez]

Well, Yawnion is trialing below the nipple tackles. They want defenders to bend their back when tackling.

You have to wonder where League will end up in 20 years