Sentence examples for Legal tackling from inspiring English sources

There's been a recent emphasis on those who play the game's most important position, quarterback, but the N.F.L. will likely define a limited "target area" of the body for legal tackling of all players.

In a football game, for example, I obviously consent to being tackled legally and assume the corresponding risks, so if I'm injured by a legal tackle I have no legal recourse against the tackler or his team.

But it was a perfectly legal tackle, something Carter acknowledged on Twitter on Sunday.

79 min: Carvahlo has just won the ball with a magnificently aggressive but legal tackle on Baptista.

Henson used the comfort-blanket of Hudson Tonga'uiha to pop passes to until the centre hurt a shoulder in a marginally legal tackle by Jackson Wray.

He was whistled for a low block on what appeared to be a legal tackle on an interception return in the fourth quarter of the loss to Pittsburgh.

I don't think it was a legal tackle as he flew out of the line and smashed into Brits... oh no he has wrapped his arms around the player and that's an awesome tackle.

James Haskell also saw yellow for an ill-timed trip and there will be days when borderline legal tackles such as Courtney Lawes' hit on Jules Plisson do not end happily for either party.

Burrow, who was making his first appearance since suffering a back injury a month ago, was cleaned out in the 16th minute by a spectacular but legal tackle from Manly's outstanding second-row Anthony Watmough, after receiving a hospital pass from Peacock.

Regarding Riley's hit on Brennan, the W.A.C. spokesman Dave Chaffin said in an e-mail message yesterday that "it appears that there was shoulder pad contact just prior to the helmet hit, making this a legal tackle".

But during the trial officers denied the claims, saying Ahmad had battled like a "caged tiger" during his arrest, adding his injuries were either self-inflicted or caused by a legal tackle that took him to the ground when he was first detained.