https://rugbybanterpage.co.uk/video-samoan-full-back-sent-off-in-wrwc-for-spear-tackle-on-natasha-hunt/ Spreading the Gospel of the World's greatest game. Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:27:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 https://rugbybanterpage.co.uk/video-samoan-full-back-sent-off-in-wrwc-for-spear-tackle-on-natasha-hunt/#comment-1930 Sat, 02 Aug 2014 13:16:58 +0000 https://rugbybanterpage.co.uk/?p=1338#comment-1930 […] commitment. Anyone expecting a ‘girlie’ game should take a look at this tackle on Natasha Hunt https://rugbybanterpage.co.uk/video-samoan-full-back-sent-off-in-wrwc-for-spear-tackle-on-natasha-hun…  it resulted, not surprisingly, in a red card for the Samoan full back – making her team’s […]

]]> https://rugbybanterpage.co.uk/video-samoan-full-back-sent-off-in-wrwc-for-spear-tackle-on-natasha-hunt/#comment-1929 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:52:55 +0000 https://rugbybanterpage.co.uk/?p=1338#comment-1929 The accompanying post sounds a bit sarcastic and suggests that the Samoan player should not have been sent off. The tackle was reckless, poorly performed and dangerous. Had Hunt been injured in the tackle I hope the post would have had a different bias.
The tackle if performed correctly would still have been as effective and would have had a vastly different effect on the game. The focus here should not be on the Islanders physicality but more on their inability to use it in a controlled way within the game.

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