yellow card tackle?

handsomecake · 19-09-2011 9:55pm #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-PMqnmeynE

lifts above horizontal and brings to ground recklessly by dropping him?

thoughts?

Hagz · 19-09-2011 9:57pm

Hug? That's a straight forward dump. He lifts him, then drops him. Aint nothin wrong with that. Doesn't come close to being dangerous.

handsomecake · 19-09-2011 9:59pm

Hagz wrote: »

Hug? That's a straight forward dump. He lifts him, then drops him. Aint nothin wrong with that. Doesn't come close to being dangerous.

i agree with you..........and cooper has had it coming. but in the eyes of the pedantic laws is that not illegal?

amacachi · 19-09-2011 10:03pm

Knees are never above the head.

Hagz · 19-09-2011 10:04pm

handsomecake wrote: »

i agree with you..........and cooper has had it coming. but in the eyes of the pedantic laws is that not illegal?

Nah. From that clip Cooper's head stays higher than his legs so no matter what he was never going to land on his neck. Plus, although it doesn't look like Healy controls his drop, he does control the drop in a way that puts Cooper down safely.

handsomecake · 19-09-2011 10:05pm

amacachi wrote: »

Knees are never above the head.

what about controlling the landing? im not disagreeing- just wondering

Blair · 19-09-2011 10:07pm

100% Legal

amacachi · 19-09-2011 10:11pm

handsomecake wrote: »

what about controlling the landing? im not disagreeing- just wondering

Players aren't required to place the tackled player softly on his back. It's only an issue when the tackled player has been put in a vulnerable position to begin with. In that case it's open to interpretation.

marco_polo · 19-09-2011 10:15pm

You only need to control the fall if there is a danger of the player landing head first.

Law 10.4.j) Lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player into the ground whilstthat player’s feet are still off the ground such that the player’s head and/or upper body come into contact with the ground is dangerous play.

handsomecake · 19-09-2011 10:22pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlcJ_1qXA0

what about this one

CIARAN_BOYLE · 19-09-2011 10:24pm

handsomecake wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlcJ_1qXA0

what about this one

I'm sorry bu I can't see it? I'm getting a white box

WeeBushy · 19-09-2011 10:26pm

Seeing as we're talking about the technicalities of a rule, it would be a good idea to quote it I think:

LAWS OF THE GAME:

Law 10, section 4, part j:

Lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player into the ground whilst
that player’s feet are still off the ground such that the player’s head and/or upper body
come into contact with the ground is dangerous play.
Sanction: Penalty kick

http://www.irblaws.com/downloads/EN/Law_10_EN.pdf

Then there is also the all encompassing dangerous play rule, but I don't think that tackle contravenes any law in the book. It's a text perfect smash actually, imo.

Edit: I'm faaaaaaaaaar to slow...