Blues coach Brad Fittler admits James Tedesco will need to adjust his running style "for his own wellbeing".
One week before the NRL clamped down on high shots, Tedesco found himself on the wrong end of a shoulder charge from Marata Niukore, which saw the Eels centre suspended for two matches.
The NRL's response a week later saw 14 players were sin binned and three sent off as a result of the league's hard stand on high tackles.
Fittler applauded the NRL's stance during last weekend's Magic Round and said it was important that all tackles, including hip drops, are looked at closely by the game.
"We need to keep going down the path of let's make it a thuggery-free sport," Fittler told Nine News Sydney.
"15 years ago when specific tackles were coming into the game, if we identified them then like everyone watching the game, we wouldn't have this problem at the moment.
"It's not just high tackles, it's other parts of the game like hip drops. If we spot them coming into the game, we should come down heavily."
And while Tedesco's a certainty to take on Fittler's fullback duties when the Origin series opener comes around next month, the Blues coach admits the Rooster may need to change his running style to avoid high shots, as was the case with Niukore.
The 28-year-old was forced to miss a game earlier this season due to a head knock suffered in round seven, which was Tedesco's first concussion this year after copping two head knocks last year, one of which occurred in the Origin decider.
"James Tedesco is a great example – his running style, he most probably needs to fix that himself because he's been on the end of three high tackles over that," he said.
"That's something he has to look at it.
"I'm not [worried about how he runs], but for his own wellbeing he needs to check out why he's dropping as he does."
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