My heart goes out to the lad, terrible terrible thing to happen to a young kid,
Im sure mathers is acting more out of emotion on hearing about the lad rather than seriously thinking about it,
the problem occurs i belive when teams start to lift a player, this seems to be exposing the knee,
im not to sure how we can stop it but outlawing the 3 man tackle seems a very fundamental change to the game that will have a massive impact and bring our game more structured and less exciting in my opinion.

I think if a professional player feels so strongly that there should be changes made to an aspect of the game, surely he should be approaching the RFL about it? I mean, if he feels that it is such a danger to players (including himself) then he should be putting in a serious complaint to the RFL and actively trying to change the game for the better (in his opinion). He may well have done so already, but having a moan about it on twitter and arguing with people who disagree, whilst changing the basis of his argument (from banning the third man to banning the man below the knee) ironically to call for something that is already outlawed to become outlawed seems a little immature and ill-informed for a professional player, all IMO of course.

Remind me how many players have been injured by our 'dirty' tactics?

We are obviously breaking "The Spirit" of the tackle... As we did with the cap....

Well there was Abletts arm after sam headbutted it. Also I think Mason hurt his foot after standing on Fielden and we can't forget there were several blatant attacks to Hull players as they tried to avoid making contact with Sam earlier in the season. Oh and Danny McGuire was injured by a disgustingly selfish turn of pace by Mr Carmont, showing blatant disregard for the safety of the opposition players around him.

#outlawunbelieveablygoodvalueformoneycentres

hang them all,
just terrible attitudes from our player

That's the thing I find the funniest really. He's on a mission to ban something that is already banned. Makes him look a bit silly if thee asks me. Almost as though he isn't too familliar with the rules of the game he is playing.

that just shows by the amount of bans hes had for dirty illegal tackles

....about as familiar as he is with catching and keeping hold of a high ball in front of his own try line

not that there's any point trying to defend mathers ability to catch a high ball, but he didnt do too bad on the catch he took just before putting it down over the line the other week did he?

Don't forget he's won 2 challenge cups!

Agreed - I don't have an issue with that it was a good try that had to be finished well......... but as far as performance as a fullback is concerned....found out at Wigan, found out at yours, and destroyed at Cas two weeks ago, and owned by the Wigan fans.

Yes, as somebody else pointed out he's won two challenge cups, but thank god they put handles on the side, otherwise he would have been really struggling on that bus.

that is one of the funniest things i've ever read on here mate.

Didn't someone at Warrington Drop the cup when they won it in 2009?



I wonder who that could have been!

Don't forget 'one trick Mick' though, Mathers has comp in the 'butterfingers' stake !!!!

You got my texts then!

So did Ricky Bibey