Sentence examples for clean tackle from inspiring English sources

The referee saw it as a clean tackle, and indicated a corner kick.

On the break Murray has a run but he's stopped in his tracks by Turner's firm, clean tackle.

All I remember was I wanted to make a good, clean tackle; I didn't want to go for the kill shot.

After 75 minutes on this hot and humid night, Rooney chased down Chelsea's most prodigious runner, Ramires, and dispossessed the Brazilian with a meaty but perfectly clean tackle.

Referee Peter Kokolski ruled it a clean tackle, but the rest of the Power defenders seemed to anticipate a foul call and appeared to have stopped playing.

55 min: With Galati breaking on the counter, Michael Carrick dispossesses Liviu Antal with a perfectly clean tackle, but gets booked anyway.

It's not a red card for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity because defenders are allowed to make clean tackles – his only offence here is coming on to the field without permission.

But though a recording of this match will never be of much use to anyone learning the art of clean tackling, there was significantly more to Cameroon than studs and muscle.

He has a reputation for clean tackling, and was not booked in his first 31 Bundesliga appearances.

Most of the Bears flowed right and left, but Brown was able to gather himself, read the play well in front of him, position himself and make a hard, clean, definitive tackle.

If you are the kind of person that does not like to clean much, tackle a different part of the closet every day.