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Griffin will not face any further action in regards to the "tackle" made on Matty Smith.

This is taken from RFL site:

Dangerous Shoulder Charge in 62nd minute (Smith)

Player is committed to tackle at the line. Is some rotation of the hips from defending player but first contact is attacking player’s shoulder to chest rather than directly shoulder to shoulder.

wiggydoran wrote:Griffin will not face any further action in regards to the "tackle" made on Matty Smith.

This is taken from RFL site:

Dangerous Shoulder Charge in 62nd minute (Smith)

Player is committed to tackle at the line. Is some rotation of the hips from defending player but first contact is attacking player’s shoulder to chest rather than directly shoulder to shoulder.

To be fair, if it had been pulled up in the game, i.e. we didn't score a try and the ref gave us a penalty instead, then as it wasn't head contact then nothing more might have been done by the ref. Can't say for certain, but based on what has gone before only head high shoulder charges have been punished by more than penalty I think. Makes a bit of a mockery of the player safety argument as clearly the illegal act has resulted in player injury. Head contact is a big game changer in terms of what the refs/disciplinary do about an incident.

wiggydoran wrote:Griffin will not face any further action in regards to the "tackle" made on Matty Smith.

This is taken from RFL site:

Dangerous Shoulder Charge in 62nd minute (Smith)

Player is committed to tackle at the line. Is some rotation of the hips from defending player but first contact is attacking player’s shoulder to chest rather than directly shoulder to shoulder.

This suggests that shoulder charges are only illegal in certain circumstances.