As referred to in the Oldham posts many are suffering bad injuries and I would place much of the blame on the ridiculous tackle ruling these days. Players are being twisted and manipulated in tackles where their feet are unable to move, thus twisting knees and ankles.

The referees are supposed to decide that the progress has stopped and call 'held'. This they fail to do, preferring to allow the vertical wrestling to go on.

There are teams, as there always were, that set out to injure. Comments have also been made about the reducing number of quality half backs in the UK these days.

THe Aussie game seems to manage the tackling rules a great deal better!!!