Sentence examples for fair tackling from inspiring English sources

Hard, fair tackling is part of that appeal – and a challenge of the game that every player has to accept.

Juli Weiner of Vanity Fair tackles the local lingo: So, are we doing this right?

Michael Aylwin London Irish 32-36 Saracens When does a fair tackle or aerial challenge become dangerous?

Moments later, Inter's defender Lúcio slammed into Gerard Piqué, and the referee saw that as a fair tackle.

French referee Romain Poite deemed it a shoulder charge, with replays of the incident supporting claims of a fair tackle.

"Like his friend, Billy Wright, he met the physical challenge on the field without flinching and with a fair tackle.

26 min: Rozehnal makes a nice strong fair tackle on Aurelio, who squeals pathetically as he goes down.

Cazorla was chopped down in the box by Davies but the referee apparently thinks it was a fair tackle!

The [Zamora] incident was just one of those things: he made a fair tackle and certainly didn't mean to break Bobby's leg".

Henry has attracted a reputation as a ruthless hard man in an uncompromising side: Newcastle's Joey Barton was roughed up in August and Bobby Zamora was sidelined with a broken leg by an ultimately fair tackle three weeks ago.

"Apart from being a mile high and an hour late I suppose it was a fair tackle", said Alan Hansen afterwards, a comment he later rescinded; Stevens set out to win the ball, not to cause injury, though whether he was reckless in so doing is harder to judge.