In Sydney you would be crash tackled by three bouncers, fined $1,100 and banned for 48 hours from the area because you would be in serious risk of, I don't know, being guilt shamed into thinking that you were doing something wrong when you weren't.
I don't think they could believe they were 12 points ahead in the second half". Without Josh Lewsey's corner-flagging crash tackle on Jean de Villiers, one of the finest examples of never-say-die defence in modern times, White's team would also have been significantly harder to catch than from 18-6 down.
De Jong's crash tackle last weekend was not, however, the worst in the English league.
Ireland's audacity was never greater than when Houghton worried the ball out of the possession of the Italian skipper Bergomi to set up an attack that was robbed of its finish by a crash tackle by Agostini.
After cementing his position as a beloved writer of speculative fiction with Snow Crash, he tackled code-breaking and world wars in Cryptonomicon, historical fiction and the origins of science with the Baroque Cycle, philosophy and mathematics in Anathem, and high-stakes, action-packed global adventure in Reamde.
There was a thrilling solo run from midfield that saw Jones briefly take on the entire Arsenal defence like a crash-tackle Maradona.
He will, however, be far more anxious about a worryingly early departure for Jack Wilshere, who limped off in the 55th minute after a crashing tackle from McNair connected with one of his weakened ankles.
Moments later a crashing tackle by flanker Tom Smith saw the ball pop loose and Bishop seized his chance to canter 40m for a try under the posts.
I love middle linebackers crashing in and tackling the quarterback.
Taylor, Nathan Hines and Chris Paterson sustained the move, Craig crashed through more weak tackling into the 22, and Paterson accepted his pass to ghost through to the posts.
