Feet above head, lifted high (above waist) and dropped on his head.
for god sake TJ you showed me this in the first place:
Law 10.4(j) reads: Lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player into the ground whilst that player’s feet are still off the ground such that the player’s head and/or upper body come into contact with the ground is dangerous play.
A directive was issued to all Unions and Match Officials in 2009 emphasizing the IRB’s zero-tolerance stance towards dangerous tackles and reiterating the following instructions for referees:
– The player is lifted and then forced or ‘speared’ into the ground (red card offence)
– The lifted player is dropped to the ground from a height with no regard to the player’s safety (red card offence)
– For all other types of dangerous lifting tackles a yellow card or penalty may be considered sufficient
nothing to do with feet above head, Radike’s head/and or upper body certainly hit the deck first and no question Clerc was rotated further the height thing is hard to judge as warburton and clerc are smaller than the people in the second incident.
You also havent explained why the ref’s and touch judges all thought differently from Rolland and the IRB in the other cases in which players were banned, its massively inconsistent.
