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  1. 31st March 2014, 06:26 PM #1
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    McKinnon will never walk again

    What a tragic outcome for the young Newcastle player doctors have told his family he will never walk again poor bloke only 22 years old. It was a sickening tackle but i don't think at any stage was it a act to hurt this young man in this fashion. The average tackle count over a weekend is around the 5,000 mark so this sort of thing is very very rare. I have been involved in rugby league for over 20 years and have never seen anything like this. To his family best wishes and good luck for the future.
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  2. 31st March 2014, 06:33 PM #2
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    Yeah a sad and tragic case, at 22 you have your whole life ahead of you!!!!
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    So sad, but it's always on the cards if you are alive. I hope he proves the docs wrong.
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    I thought those spear tackle things were banned. No one tackled like that when I was a kid.
    Grab them round the legs.
    The only reason that sort of tackle is used is to injure.
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    This has been incorrectly reported.

    He is currently a quadraplegic.

    Spinal cord is not severed.

    Spinal injuries are reported in the present tense. He is currently a quadraplegic but as swelling subsides, he may well regain feeling, movement, and with a lot of work make a substantial recovery.

    No one can say it is permanent as yet.

    I hope he does make a good recovery.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 123rover50 View Post
    I thought those spear tackle things were banned. No one tackled like that when I was a kid.
    Grab them round the legs.
    The only reason that sort of tackle is used is to injure.
    Wasn't a spear tackle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hastykiwi View Post
    Wasn't a spear tackle.

    I agree, It was an accident. If he didn't bend his head, it did not happen. Tragic, and gut wrenching. But, an accident. Spare a thought as well for the kid who has been put on report for the tackle. How must he feel? And he has done nothing wrong, Bob
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    Unhappy

    Tragic accident
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    Quote Originally Posted by 123rover50 View Post
    I thought those spear tackle things were banned. No one tackled like that when I was a kid.
    Grab them round the legs.
    The only reason that sort of tackle is used is to injure.

    Hello 123 Rover 50,

    I have to agree with you. I will always remember my then Primary School Principal screaming out from the side lines, "they can't run without legs - tackle him!

    Funny - something must have changed in the meantime that this statement does not still apply. Another reason for the type of tackle is to slow down the rate of play.

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    Absolute shame for the young bloke. Hopefully he will make a recovery from this initial diagnosis (it has happend before).
    A split second decision to duck his head to draw the penalty has such a bad outcome but with 3 players in the tackle and 300kgs+ it is not going to be good.
    As Cam Smith stated to the ref. "no one wants to see that happen"
    And it was not a spear tackle it was hardly through the horizontal.
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