Roosters star Luke Keary has conceded he’s “probably done 100” hip-drop tackles over his career but has stressed that players are “a lot more wary now” about the danger of it.
It comes as Broncos forward Patrick Carrigan was handed a four-game suspension for a hip-drop tackle that’s ruled Jackson Hastings out for the rest of the season with a serious leg and ankle injury.
A similar tackle from Dragons forward Tyrell Fuimaono cost Haze Dunster his season with the Eels outside back rupturing his ACL, PCL and MCL in a trial game.