Matt Banahan vs Kelly Brown

Kelly Brown gets his head on the wrong side of an 18st Matt Banahan in the tackle, getting knocked out/a concussion in the process

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Six Nations
• England
• Scotland
• 2011
• 13th March
• Matt Banahan
• Kelly Brown
• Bath Rugby
• Bath
• Saracens

[GaryTss]

@geansai333 You can almost guarantee Brown wouldn't have been almost half as hurt had he dropped lower and gone for the legs and he did have enough time to do it

[geansai333]

@CCNeal10 brown put him on the ground while tackling him, nonetheless. What happens after that, happens after that.

[geansai333]

@GaryTss So brown should have lowered his head to knee level?

I don't think that's valid at this close range. MB turns into him, and

a low tackle would have been impossible.

[GaryTss]

@CCNeal10 well I know from playing rugby all these years that if there's someone that's 18 stone and six foot four running at me, I tackle their legs rather than risk being boshed, as happened to brown, one of the first things you're thought as a beginner, only time you should tackle high is close to the line or if you're alot bigger than the player you're tackling

[CCNeal10]

@geansai333 it's called a speed-bump haha. doesn't count as a tackle. banahan could've got straighht back up if it wasnt for the 7.

[CCNeal10]

@GaryTss it's not always that simple though isit.

[TheWYSOCKI]

lovely

[GaryTss]

haha and to think that would've all been prevented had he tackled his legs

[vegatablesouptom]

@geansai333 At the end of the day though he got momentum going and took out one of scotlands players, nothing wrong with that :P

[peshayuk]

@geansai333 isnt there an alternative to an unconcious scot???