{"id":463868,"date":"2025-08-07T22:23:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=463868"},"modified":"2025-08-08T02:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:15:40","slug":"legend-unpacks-concerning-trend-in-nrlw-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=463868","title":{"rendered":"Legend unpacks 'concerning trend' in NRLW charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

An inaugural NRLW Magic Round<\/a> was rocked by wet weather and injuries, but Ruan Sims<\/a> was left most concerned by alarming trends creeping back into the game.<\/p>\n

Hip drop and high tackles have been a major issue in both the men's and women's competitions, with the league working to \ufeffstamp them out.<\/p>\n

Despite a crackdown, Sims recognised that in some cases players are unable to move out of a troubling position before making contact.<\/p>\n

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A number of stars were pinged for high contact and hip drop tackles in Newcastle as others were forced from the field due to injury or to undergo a head injury assessments<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Out of the 10 players cited by the match review committee, seven were pinged for careless high tackle charges, two for dangerous contact and one for a crusher tackle.<\/p>\n

\"'Wow':<\/p>\n

Dragons halfback Raecene McGregor was the most notable player to be charged and has copped a one-game suspension for a nasty tackle on Cassey Tohi-Hiku.<\/p>\n

But Sims noted many of those cited were pinged in the early minutes of their matches.<\/p>\n

"A lot of the high tackles and HIAs are happening quite early in the game so it is not so much a fatigue thing," Sims said on Wide World of Sports' NRLW Weekly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

"If I'm looking at that I'm thinking it is a technique thing … whether it was \ufeffthe defender getting knocked out or other things. It's really important where technique comes in.<\/p>\n

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"A lot of teams are coached to \ufefftackle on the ball, which is absolutely perfect to stop the ball from moving but sometimes if you mistime it, you go a little high, you slip off the ball or you get your head in a poor position.<\/p>\n

\"Ruan<\/p>\n

"A lot of that work \ufeffneeds to be done around the technical aspect and level changes. They need to level change late and sink.<\/p>\n

"(Players) need to sink through their knees, like how an aeroplane takes off, it is in that 45 degree angled position."<\/p>\n

Sims also noted that the cause of hip drop tackles is due to players failing to move their feet when making contact with a storming attacking player. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"Another concerning trend I've noticed in defence is the hip drop … they've got to keep their feet moving," she continued.<\/p>\n

"When they make contact they can't stop moving those feet, they need to keep that drive to win that tackle."<\/p>\n

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Despite Sims' concerns about the troubling technique of some players\ufeff, the league great admitted she was impressed with how teams managed to overcome adversity.<\/p>\n

"The completion rate was absolutely top shelf considering how poor the conditions were," Sims said.<\/p>\n

"It is only going to get better. The more these girls \ufeffare exposed to different conditions like this – playing at night, in the twilight, in the day when it's hot – they are just going to get better and better."\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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