The no-arms clearout needs to be shown the door
Wrote about the no-arms clearout for the Irish Times. Why is the flying shoulder tolerated in the clearout when it wouldn’t be in the tackle?
“That’s a very interesting one” said a current Test official when shown a video of a 19-stone international prop taking out an opponent with a flying shoulder to the back. Human body as missile. If it was a tackle it would have been a card, so why is it tolerated in the clearout?
Rugby’s safety spotlight has shone brightly in recent times…
This has been something I’ve been looking at for a while in both annoyance and confusion. A clearout by Gethin Jenkins on Stuart Hogg in a recent Six Nations match was a particularly blatant one, which I include below:
