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Greg Inglis' ... infamous shoulder charge on former St George Illawarra Dragon Dean Young. Source: Mark Evans / News Limited
South Sydney coach Michael Maguire has backed the reinstatement of the shoulder charge to the game of Rugby League.
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Despite being rubbed out of the game, the controversial tackle is back dividing opinion.
On NRL 360 on Wednesday night, Maguire said he believes there should be strict penalties for those players who make contact with a player's head with the current system too hard to police.
"I think it's going to still continually create controversy on what is and what isn't a shoulder charge," Maguire said on NRL360.
"As a rugby league lover I love those clashes.
"I would say if it got contact with the head then obviously ramifications have got to come.
"To watch last year when Greg Inglis picks up the ball on a kick return and Chrissy Sandow comes down and bounces off him, we all probably had a chuckle. It was actually great contact, you miss those sorts of parts of the game."
However Australian coach Tim Sheens disagreed, stating the modern game has no room for such risky practice.
"Old scrums are gone and getting stomped on the ground is gone and getting hit behind the ear is gone," Sheens said.
"Today the game is about a certain amount of safety and the shoulder charge it's alright to say (penalise him) if he hits him in the head but if he does (hit his head) it can kill him."
On Wednesday night, Manly forward Richie Fa'aoso was successful in downgrading a dangerous contact charge which threatened to wipe him out for four matches.
Instead he will miss one as a result of an off-the-ball tackle which concussed Gold Coast back-rower Ashley Harrison and forced him from the field in a neck brace.
The NRL's crackdown is seemingly struggling to get through to many players, Sheens and Maguire agreeing that it is an instinct for players to use the shoulder in certain situations.
"It's actually a very ineffective tackle," Maguire said.
"They get a quick play the ball out of it. No coach is going out there and saying we're doing it. It's just a reaction.
Sheens added; "Sonny Bill Williams who everybody was waiting for the shoulder charge. He's gone to Rugby for a period a time when you weren't allowed to do it, he's come back and not missed a tackle and I don't think anyone has missed seeing Sonny do a shoulder charge. He's playing good football with just good defence."
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