Huddersfield Rugby Union club’s captain Lewis Bradley believes that the new rule “almost in a way makes it more unnatural and dangerous really”.
There has been lots of confusion caused by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) recently with their new implemented rule to lower the height of tackling in the game.
The RFU voted unanimously to reduce the height of the tackling rule, with the rule coming into play from July 1st.
The decision has proven to be immensely unpopular across England with a lot of strong backlashes from amateur and professional Rugby clubs.
Huddersfield Rugby Union club’s first team captain Lewis Bradley addressed his concerns over the new controversial rule.
“For me it isn’t something that needed changing really”.
“It almost in a way makes it more unnatural and dangerous really, like if you were to go in and try and tackle someone now with this new rule there’s more chance of injury”.
“There’s more chance of you getting your head squashed possibly when tackling now, this may make it safer for the person being tackled but I think it makes it more dangerous for person attempting the actual tackle”.
The backlash has been brutal with the new rule even being raised in the house of commons with an emergency issue meeting discussed on the 2nd of February, in a result of no confidence.
The vote of no confidence is beckoning with nearly 300 Rugby union clubs coming out against the decision in support a special general meeting. The clubs are being backed by the newly formed Community Council meeting which took place on the 2nd of February.
It remains whether this rule could potentially change soon however it looks set in stone to come into play on the 1st of July, with Huddersfield Rugby Union Club’s first team captain Lewis Bradley addressing his frustrations with the date of the rule.
“it’s annoying for most Rugby players especially now for it be introduced as we have such a short time to try and adapt to this new rule now”.
“For me and many other Rugby players we have only known of one way to tackle someone, so to now try and adapt to this new way of tackling is not going to be easy and will probably cause a lot more fouls in Rugby”.
“More importantly what I don’t seem to understand is that I have played Rugby since I was 7, yes of course I have been injured from tackling someone but that’s not because of where I am tackling but more because I am tackling a human that weighs over 250 pounds”.