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What was obvious in Raiders very first set was that none of our middles went for legs tackles. Everybody was grabbing and Raiders middles were staying on their feet and then for some unknown reason Sutton the brain dead referee then allowed Woodford to keep pushing forward the Raiders player with the ball, as a rolling rugby maul. Horsborough was held after advancing 6 mths the ref for some unknown reason failed to call held despite his progress being stopped then Woodford pushing him ANOTHER 18 mths.Really shattered with our defence this has dragged on from previous years and is a major concern.
We have no mongrel in defence
Refereee didn’t give us a look in at all today.
Positive we fought till the end .
Negative learn to tackle FFS
3 things going wrong simultaneously.
1. Not 1 Dogs player even attempted to take his legs.
2. Ref failing to call held and
3. Ref allowing Woodford to push his teammate another 18 mtr in an illegal maul
I thought we were playing rugby league, not rugby union.
If Woodford actions are legal then every ball carrier that stayed on his feet would be pushed in this manner. We'd have mauls with a ball carrier and 3 teammates holding him up pushing him forward.
Moral of the story:
Don't expect a referee to know the fucking rules of rugby league.
Instead, first man in take his waist and slide down to take his legs out, being careful not to fall on him as he falls.
It's THAT simple.
One would of thought master D coach CC would of ensured this was our tackling technique practiced ad nauseum during the pre season.
Apparently not!!!!!