legal tackle<\/a> height.For me, it’s all about having the data to support what they are doing, like there was for the scrum changes.<\/p>\nWe all think scrums go on too long, but there aren’t so many guys having neck or back surgery after they retire, like in the old days.There are statistics to say that what they’ve done has made a huge improvement to the health of the players involved in scrums. If we can have statistics to show that the lower tackle will have a similar impact in making the game safer, then obviously we’ll all get behind it.<\/p>\n
As a defence coach, one thing I will say is that it’s very difficult to practise lower tackling without players being injured \u2014 either the carrier who falls on to his ankles, or the tackler who might get a whack on his head from a knee.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So we have to think long and hard about how we can safely practise lower tackles, if that’s the way the game is going.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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