Midweek Madness - The old SOMERSAULT over a tackle trick

There has been quite a bit of talk about jumping into the tackle recently, and then this happened in Western Australia.

It took place in a Rugby League game of 9s and the footage has gone viral, so there has once again been a huge amount of debate around the laws.


While this is League, in Rugby Union jumping into (or over!) a tackle is more often than not penalised for being dangerous.

We've seen it happen on a number of occasions and recently cited some examples when it came up again during a Mitre 10 Cup match in New Zealand.


This one was clearly for a bit of fun, as it hap…