State of Origin: Brent Tate feared he would be 'the next Alex McKinnon' after Josh Reynolds lifting tackle
Brent Tate said he feared he would become "the next Alex McKinnon" after copping a nasty lifting tackle in Wednesday night's opening State of Origin clash in Brisbane.
Josh Reynolds was slapped with a grade-two dangerous throw charge after his cartwheeling lift on Tate during New South Wales' 12-8 win over Queensland at Lang Park.
Reynolds was placed on report in the first half after lifting and flipping Tate on his back, while Beau Scott - who was also part of the tackle - was hit with a grade-one charge but will be free from suspension should he take the early guilty plea.
The throw left Tate dazed for the following 10 minutes.
It comes fresh after the tackle that saw Newcastle Knights back rower Alex McKinnon suffer a spinal injury and have to undergo neck surgery earlier in the NRL season.
After a career blighted by a neck injury suffered back in 2003 which forced him to wear a special neck brace, Tate has called for a doubling of efforts to stamp the lift out of rugby league.
"I have never been more frightened in all my life," Tate said.
"My legs were shaking for the next 10 minutes after that.
"If we are serious about trying to stamp this out they will crack down on it.
"I was legitimately shaken up about it. I didn't know where I was.
"I had my family here. The last thing they want to be doing is sitting next to a hospital bed like an Alex McKinnon situation.
"You can't have it in our game. It has to stop."
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"I have never been more frightened in all my life," Tate said.
Looks like the Maroons dirty underhanded tactics for Game 2 have already begun.
Tate, you are a typical Qld whinging wanker.
Qld, as a State, are the geographic equivalent of a man with a small pen!s but on this occasion I'm siding with Brent Tate.
I could see how the tackle happened and Reynolds let go as soon as he realised that Tate was in a dangerous position but we cannot afford to have players paralysed due to unnecessary and dangerous lifting tackles.
He should have! Possibly he should also go the the media and say Tariq should be outed for 6-8 weeks as well!
His legs were shaking alright, but that wasn't from the tackle, it was from the thought of Jarryd Hayne running toward him
FFS how long did he have to be thinking of Alex McKinnon?
The tackle took half a second.
Whinging, whining QLDer.
I think there is a little too much hysteria and current affairs clouding a completely objective review of what happened. Oh yeah, and this Roger Ramjet mofo is clearly over-dramatising what has happened in an attempt to disrupt the NSW halves for game 2.
The tackle was not a great look but that said - the speed and 'cartwheel' nature of it made it appear far worse than it actually was. It was not a 'spear' tackle as has been considered by many in the media - far from it - nor was there any intent on behalf of Josh Reynolds. Shifting the focus from what could have happened to what the actual result was... he landed flat on his back.
Given how apparently traumatised Brent Ramjet was, I'm surprised he played the rest of the game. Also surprised he was not taken off under the concussion rule given how apparently dazed he was?
But in hindsight was the Jordan McClean tackle really as bad as it was made out to be? It was very unfortunate for Alex McKinnon and I wish him a speedy recovery but he did assist in injuring himself in that tackle whilst I still maintain McClean lifted the legs which was a no no and hence he got banned obviously with the add-ons because of the severity of the injury.
Tate did nothing for that to happen to himself and shouldn't have been put in a dangerous position regardless of peoples personal opinions on him or his team. If that happened to Jarryd Hayne, we would not be looking at this through rose coloured glasses. Reynolds could have prevented that tackle from happening by not coming in lifting the legs and hence he should punished along with Beau Scott. Now... What is your definition of a spear tackle?
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