NRL Law & Sport Collide

[Bay39er]

An interesting legal decision from the other code in the UK but which will crossover to league.

Disciplinary tribunal ruled no foul play under the laws of the game but court decided that the tackler had a liability

 

[Noitall]

NRL apparently looking into removing high impact collisions by banning long drop outs, and no longer having kick offs after tries, just a 20m tap to restart play. Don’t want big 20m+ charges by forwards due to concussion risk

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...l/news-story/9d4aceb3de6ef22392f65bab441285f1

 

[Akkerz]

We were actually talking about this last night - about whether players could take legal action against reckless or deliberate hits that cause physical damage. There have been a few this weekend that the refs have declined to put on report.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

NRL apparently looking into removing high impact collisions by banning long drop outs, and no longer having kick offs after tries, just a 20m tap to restart play. Don’t want big 20m+ charges by forwards due to concussion risk

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...l/news-story/9d4aceb3de6ef22392f65bab441285f1

Would they look to reduce the 10 back to 5 longer term?

 

[Bay39er]

On the same subject

Crossing The Line: Criminal Liability On The Field Of Play

Introduction In February 2023, as discussed in a previous blog article, an amateur rugby player was held liable by the English civil courts for injuring

www.sports.legal

 

[sup42]

On the same subject

Crossing The Line: Criminal Liability On The Field Of Play

Introduction In February 2023, as discussed in a previous blog article, an amateur rugby player was held liable by the English civil courts for injuring

www.sports.legal

Interesting reading.
Lots to unpick there.
It is a farce that you can go out and deliberately harm people on camera and not face liability for an overt act, merely because someone is there blowing a whistle and waving their arms around.

Also the pseudo judiciary the NRL employs has always been a biased kangaroo court. There needs to be an external body on some level to buck their ideas up.