I was astounded this afternoon by a brutal-looking spear tackle by the USA’s Paul Emerick on England’s Olly Barkley. For the uninitiated, a spear tackle is a dangerous tackle in rugby where a player is picked up by an opposing tackler, then turned so that they are upside down. And plonked on their head. (more…)
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Brutal Rugby Spear Tackles and Big Hits
Saturday, September 8th, 2007Tags: australia, brumbies, butch james, chabal, george gregan, highlanders, jacques botes, lote tuqiri, masoe, morte steyn, new zealand, olly barkley, ouch paul emerick, richie mccaw, rugby, sebastien chabal, spear tackles, tackles
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