Valke prop speared by Saru
20 Sep 2006
Valke tighthead Philip Lemmer will take no further part in this year’s Absa Currie Cup after being found guilty of dangerous play.
The big No 3 was sent off in the match against Vodacom Western Province for a spear tackle on centre Corne Uys. A South African Rugby Union disciplinary committee has since handed him a three-match suspension as punishment.
This means that Lemmer will miss the Valke’s last two Currie Cup games against the Pumas and the Sharks, as well as the first match of next season.
Uys suffered an injury as a consequence of this tackle, but word from the WP camp is that he should be alright for the match against the Lions at Ellis Park this weekend.
9 Comments
20 Sep 2006, 06:23 am
a three match suspension for a spear tackle is rediculous. why not just make him sit in the corner for five minutes?
it pains me to say this: rugby should have a good look at the nrl’s disciplinary process.
20 Sep 2006, 07:14 am
GCC
Die varke kry dan nie eers meer ‘n geel kaart vir ‘n blatante vuishou nie!!! Ons kan bly wees Lemmer het nie ‘n goue sterretjie gekry vir sy moeite nie. Madness
20 Sep 2006, 07:26 am
kingpaul
dit is ongelooflik hoe georganiseerd die disiplinere proses in die nrl is. elke insident word geklasifiseer op ses verskillende kriteria en die spelers weet presies wat hulle straf gaan wees op elke klas.
rugby se strafproses is ‘n joke; wel eintlik kan ons dit nie ‘n joke noem nie, want dit gaan nie lank wees voordat iemand sy nek gaan breek in a spear tackle nie.
20 Sep 2006, 07:30 am
What did the spears do now? Is McKeever ook betrokke…?
20 Sep 2006, 08:26 am
What is the definition of a spear tackle, and when is it legal or not?
I have seen players put in tackles where the player tackled is lifted off his feet and falls to the ground with his feet and legs doing wheelspins to try regain balance. Play goes on as he was not driven into the ground. He still lands very awkwardly, either on back, shoulder or elbow. This seems to be allowed.
Only when the player is driven up and back and lands on his shoulder or neck area is this deemed dangerous or Spear.
Don’t tell me a tackler half way through a tackle decides it has become a spear and lets the other player down gently. When a tackled player is airbound, both the tackler and the tackled have very little control of how they land.
At school the refs are taught that it is not a spear tackle if the player is let down gently.
I have seen certain schools that target the spear tackle as a attacking weapon. the poor boys watching **** themselves that they will be next.
A good hard tackle is spectacular, especially against your opposition.
20 Sep 2006, 08:38 am
kyer
easy solution; don’t pick a player up in a tackle. you can still tackle a player back spectacularly without picking him up. the fact is once you pick up a player in a tackle, you don’t have much control any more.
again, this is where the nrl is way ahead of rugby; they classify it as a dangerous throw and then it is further classified in terms of danger.
20 Sep 2006, 08:43 am
nrl also stipulates clearly that if tackler lifts a player past the horizontal it is a speartackle. If he carries on and drive the guy into the ground he is gone for a loooong time.
20 Sep 2006, 09:33 am
Ai Phillip, Heloise gaan jou bliksem!
20 Sep 2006, 10:40 am
it is up to the referee to determine what constitues a dangerous tackle
tackling aboce the shoulder is not allowed whether it is dangerous or not is irrelevent for punishnent and must be penalised
the referee can decide on the extent of the danger of a tackle and is not limited
on saturday barrit the sharks centre obtained concussion as a result of being hammered by his opponent without the ball
some touch judges are not doing enough to help the referee
some refs even allow slinging and the ref pus the player should be red carded
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