Head Ducking Into A Tackle

[The Royal Sampler]

Am I the only one who finds the current discourse on the new interpretation to be complete nonsense?

Seemingly every time someone leads with their head and charges forward into a tackle, or ducks their head as a tackler approaches, one commentator will highlight that the player in possession gave up their prior opportunity by ducking the head.

"Yes but you still need to effect a legal tackle!" their offsider will invariably chime in.

Ah... no you don't. A legal tackle would not involve tackling the player above the shoulders, which the ball carrier has made a certainty by ducking in the first place and driving forward, which exonerates the tackler of a high contact penalty.

Can we find some commentators who have at least a kindergarten level understanding of the rules?

 

[the mighty T]

Like the sliding rule and the hands in the back rule and the holding the ball rule it's a complete lottery these days TRS. Im sure there's an idea about how these rules are meant to be enforced but there is no continuity at all