The Varcoe Tackle

[Tigers Dayz 2]

Equal tackle to Trengoves. Slung same way. Great tackle. Player hit head on ground but apparently not concussed. Play on was the call.

2 weeks.

[Gorgoroth 12,337]

Won't be cited due to no injury.

They have pretty much said that Trengove got the 3 for concussing Dangerfield

[Go the Biff 3,177]

Equal tackle to Trengoves. Slung same way. Great tackle. Player hit head on ground but apparently not concussed. Play on was the call.

2 weeks.

The one on Goldsack ?

I've found myself watching tackles instead of watching the game

[leehow 285]

just posted this in another thread.

will travis varcoe go for his tackle on goldsack. chased him down, slung him to the ground and he hit his head as he fell. pinned both arms so goldsack couldnt cushion his fall. while he wasnt injured, if this is the stance the afl wants to take in terms of protecting the head, then surely he has to be reported. (he definitely shouldn't, it was a great tackle, but this is the afl we are talking about.)

[Trengove the Magnifique 9 23]

Trenners just picked the wrong bloke to tackle, Dangerfield goes out like a light when anything goes near his head. I reckon that Goldsack got hit just as hard, but bounced straight back up.

[Guest Gotzy15]

Ye I just saw that!!was worst than trenners tackle!if cited he should get 3 weeks for that!they have to be consistent!also good on goldsack for getting up straight away!he was tackled just as hard as dangerfield and his head hit the ground yet he got up straight away and didn't put on a pathetic performance like dangerfield!3 weeks

[Jerry Lundergard 390]

Unfortunately, unless you are knocked out, it will not be a reportable offence.

This does not mirror the bump, where Campbell Brown missed Barry Halls head when he took him front on, but still got weeks.

As with most things AFL, inconsistency rules.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Did anyone just hear Tom Harley commentating on tv he said yes pinned his arm and slung him to the ground ...Text book tackle!!....good on ya Tom that was a well covered twitter!!!

[Jordie_tackles 354]

Are we really talking about these??? jeez

[s-t-i-n-g-a 439]

Unfortunately, unless you are knocked out, it will not be a reportable offence.

This does not mirror the bump, where Campbell Brown missed Barry Halls head when he took him front on, but still got weeks.

As with most things AFL, inconsistency rules.

if the AFL believe that kind of tackle is dangerous they are being negligent in allowing them to occur as part f the game many times. They are inviting the injury in allowing it and then blaming the player when it goes wrong.

I just can't see how it can be anything other than an acident when such a tackle (pinned arms and slung) happens so frequently in a game.

It should be about technique and process not result or as I said the AFL are inviting it and the ones being negligent.

Trengove is just unlucky that dangerfield went to kick and was off balance as he was tackled. But he wasn't when he committed to the tackle and was not something Trengove could have been aware of in the 1.3 seconds it took to complete the tackle. As in most circumstances ie. Most of the tackles tonight and even the one he lays 5 seconds latter there is no problem.

[Rogue 585]

Did anyone just hear Tom Harley commentating on tv he said yes pinned his arm and slung him to the ground ...Text book tackle!!....good on ya Tom that was a well covered twitter!!!

Haha, nice to hear.

[loges 6,148]

So lets get this straight, a tackle can be laid & completed & is perfectly legal until the recipient hits his head & is concussed right? So one second it is legal & then the next it becomes illegal. Makes perfect sense to me.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

So lets get this straight, a tackle can be laid & completed & is perfectly legal until the recipient hits his head & is concussed right? So one second it is legal & then the next it becomes illegal. Makes perfect sense to me.

Eggsactly...

Edited May 13, 2011 by Wadda We Sing

[green_machine 36]

The question is whether forceful impact is made to the head. If this has occurred the offence is the same as Trengoves however it will probably only worth one week as it will not be judged as high impact.

The issue of concussion is irrelevant on the negligent and High contact points allocation, through it does play into the assessment of the force of the incident

[Webber 10,178]

Can we get any isolated footage of this Varcoe tackle, and make it available as a direct comparison to the Trengove tackle, perhaps to headline the 'Free Jack' Facebook page?

[trudders 0]

Leigh Brown did a pretty similar tackle in the second quarter i think. Very similar.... we should get a compilation of every tackle like that for the weekend, and just send it to the A.F.L

[asco86 9]

anyone got a link to some footage where I can see this tackle?

[Guest Gotzy15]

ye i know that varcoe wont get suspended over it but i would love it if we sent in a video and were able to see what crap the afl come up with to explain why varcoe wasnt cited

[s-t-i-n-g-a 439]

At the very least it was negligent, high contact, low impact.