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Originally Posted by Exile on Spencer St
Talk about nostalgia... I haven't seen a tackle like that since 1975 on Higham's. Brings a tear to the eye. With Dr. Proctor and Slicer Murphy banned, do we have the makings of a team?

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"Proper" full-back tackles on speedy wingers used to put them over the boundary wall around the pitch (circa 1950s).
This one - spectacularly and inexplicably bad as it was - wasn't a "proper" full-back's tackle .............
