Very bad "tackle" from Morley, as others have pointed out he had no intention of tackling Hansen in a conventional manner, just look at Hansen's head go on impact. That's enough to tell you where Morley connected, not really surprising to see a dirty tactic like this from a losing Warrington side with a minute to go.

Just because he didn't drop the ball or players react to it does not mean it was fine, christ just look at his head! Although Morley had no intention to tackle him in a normal fashion, perhaps if it had been a body shot this wouldn't of been so bad, but to connect with the head and therefore dangerous is the real difference here.

Hansen fell into the tackle at the end of the day.

If any contact was made with his head then it was purely accidental due to that fact.

Different discussion.

And it wasn't a swinging arm. In the NRL you see big shots like that throughout a match which is one of many reasons why their Rugby League is a far superior spectacle.

You just agreed with AJ at the end there



All AJ is saying, is that if an opposition is missing two of their starting thirteen, then surely they are a weakened side. Nobody is saying let all the players go the pub because Catalans can't beat us, only that they are a weakened side.

I'm not sure where all these descriptions of the Morley-Hansen collision come from. It's on YouTube right now, go and find it and watch the slow-mo replay.

Hansen does not 'fall into the tackle', Morley's arm did not end up wrapped around his head, and neither did he hit Hansen's shoulder first.

Fact is Morley went for his usual big 'shoulder' shot, where he impacts with the top of the shoulder/deltoids - he hits the side of Hansen's head with a plum shot. Hansen, if anything, sees the collision coming and tries to turn at the very last moment to avoid getting the hit full in the face. Morley, at 3" taller and over 2 1/2 stone heavier, has the advantage.

Morley had no intention of 'tackling' Hansen. As others have said, Wire desperately needed the ball and he went for a big smash. But as a result he impacts the head and nowhere else. Hard to see how it's a legal tackle.

Pause it at the point of impact and see Hansen's body posistion, you will see why he ended getting most of the impact in the side of his head and shoulder.