Re: Prespakis charged for tackle on Sarah Hosking.
Reply #20 –
Maddie laid a textbook tackle on Sarah. Sarah’s momentum caused her to somersault and land on her shoulder. Sarah was taken off for a concussion test after a second tackle by Maddie. She passed the test and returned to play and even spoke to the boundary rider about how she was good to go.
One camera angle does suggest that there’s intent in Maddie’s tackle but the other angle shows that there was nothing to it.
I doubt whether Maddie would have been reported if Underwood had recanted after viewing the second lot of vision.
Further the second angle actually looks like Sarah pushed off trying to launch over Prespakis to release the footy. To me it looked the same in the second tackle, like Sarah's reflex is to jump into the tackler to free her arms, but it leaves her vulnerable to tipping, and nobody says anything about contacting the tackler high.
To me they can't let this happen, if they reward that technique they'll set a precedent that increases risk as players will milk the penalty, it is very similar to ducking the head and disturbingly there was an incident in which that was rewarded in the game as well.