Quote Originally Posted by Cripps View Post
The ref had a shocker of a night. Bookings all over the place and not a bad tackle in sight.

I'm not surprised he got this one wrong either.

Any challenge is a risk, slightly wrong and you can hurt yourself and others. This wasn't wrong. Had he come in from the side and got the ball, nothing would be said but players shouldn't need to run in a curve just so they can come in on a side on angle and avoid hurting a player.
He didn't win the ball as part of the tackle, even though that point is largely irrelevant in any case. Coming round the side of a player to what, slide? Well that's mainly clamped down on too but again, what relevance does it have?

Any challenge might be a risk but even moreso if you can't control your legs.