Wakefield Trinity • Death of rugby league part 2
PopTart wrote:
That has to be included in the rules for me. If they are small, the defender needs to adapt. If they duck, it's on the attacker.
This is my biggest issue with the rules. There is little to no responsibility on the attacker to look after themselves (if they are going to follow the Union model). It’s all on the defender.
I watched a couple of games in the Union World Cup (all the paint in the house had dried) and there were 2 straight red cards in games where the ball carrier literally head butted the shoulder of the defender. The result was a red card to the defender who literally didn’t move.
We have to ensure that attacking players are not putting themselves in dangerous positions when making these penalty decisions not just focus solely on the actions of the defender in isolation.
Statistics: Posted by jonh — Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:19 pm — Replies 46 — Views 4857