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I don't think it comes under that category, I believe it is 15.1(i) other contrary behaviour including dangerous contact.

Of course, that is the only way this can work. The laws/charge say that the twist, bend or pressure is the risk to cause injury. The lenght any ban may hinge on injury caused but not the action of committing the foul itself. A tackle cannot be legal if it doesn't cause injury and illegal if it causes injury, there has to be an action that is illegal by the tackler for it to be a foul - injury or not.

Surely if the tackle was a foul then it was a foul whether ISA got hurt or not. Or was it only foul because he got hurt in your view?

I will take a look in the next live game I watch to see how many players legs make contact with the opposition when they effect a tackle.

It may be me, but I can't really work out what you mean in this post.

Really, you don't think there is any place for accidents in a high speed full contact sport like Rugby League?

True, but they usually fall into a category we know that the disciplinary panel/ref's are looking for... a late tackle, a high shot, a tackle on the kicker. I would ask anyone to answer this - if you were watching that game and saw that tackle and Isa got up and played the ball and the game carried on, would you recognise any foul play?

Well, it is all theoretical but my opinion is that if Isa got up and played the ball, that tackle would have gone completely unnoticed along with almost all the others in the match.

Do you think of there was no injury this tackle would have recieved attention from the committee, and if so a ban issued?

I think we could find something like this many times in a game. Isa suffered a serious injury and that is awful but I personally believe that they are punishing the outcome here, not the action.

The charge detail says "Dangerous Contact - Defender uses any part of their body forcefully to twist, bend or otherwise apply pressure to the limb or limbs of an opposing player in a way that involves an unacceptable risk of injury to that player." I just cannot see this as there is no attempt to bend, twist or apply pressure that would cause any risk.

Sure. I agree it is a very wide ranging set of responsibilities and even if he has people under him to help execute, he is the guy who has to lead it all. And that's a big ask.

Didn't want to start a new thread but Sylvestor Namo has received 5 matches for his tackle that injured Isa in the Cas Wigan game. For the life of me, I can't see the reason. A horrible and unlucky outcome but surely this is a tackle we see a hundred time a game with contact around the hip of Isa.

Well that's what it says his role will be on the club's website.

I kind of had that in mind when I mentioned performance management. But yes, there will be a lot of processes he will need to understand and perform (maybe even create if they are not all there). A manager could go through several years of development and coaching before he/she attains a role of this seniority and responsibilities. He will need to learn a lot quickly.