This article is about type of foul tackle in both codes of rugby and Australian Rules football, not to be confused with the different type of tackle known as the tip tackle. For the type of tackle used in American and Canadian football, see Spearing (gridiron football).
A spear tackle is an illegal tackle in rugby union, rugby league and Australian rules football in which a player lifts another player into the air and drops them so that they land on their back, head or neck.[1] Spear tackles have caused serious injury[2] including spinal damage, dislocations,[3] broken bones in the shoulder or neck, and death.[4][5] Due to the dangers, players executing a spear tackle in these sports are punished severely.
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A speartackle is an illegal tackle in rugby union, rugby league and Australian rules football in which a player lifts another player into the air and...
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nets, spears, gaffs and traps, as well as wires, snaps, beads, spoons, blades, spinners, clevises and tools that make it easy to tie knots. Tackle attached...
dump tackles and speartackles, although the calling of a penalty for these tackles is up to the discretion of the referee. Illegal dump tackles can be...
their head. Lifting a player this way can be a precursor to the outlawed speartackle. Advantage Advantage is the period of time after an infringement in which...
years on: The O'Driscoll tackle". The New Zealand Herald. 26 June 2015. Kitson, Robert (27 June 2005). "It was a speartackle with malice, says angry O'Driscoll"...
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has guards around him so things will be alright. 6 "The Pierce of the SpearTackle!" Transliteration: "Sakuretsu! Supia Takkuru" (Japanese: 炸裂!スピアタックル)...
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tap-tackle or ankle-tap). Tackles that involve lifting a player and then forcing or dropping them to the ground head first (called a tip tackle or spear tackle)...
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