Manly forward Toafofoa Sipley has bypassed the grading procress and is facing the prospect of a lengthy suspension following his hip drop tackle on St George Illawarra winger Mat Feagai.

South Sydney’s Jack Wighton was belatedly pinged for a controversial hip-drop tackle, which went a long way to sealing a come ...

The PGMOL's stance on James Tarkowski's tackle on Alexis Mac Allister in the Merseyside derby has emerged. Liverpool claimed a 1-0 win over Everton in the Premier League clash at Anfield on ...

James Tarkowski avoided a red card in the early stages of the Merseyside derby. The Everton captain was cautioned after his full-blooded clearance saw him catch Alexis Mac Allister high in the leg ...

“We were tracking about one hip-drop tackle per game and one time-loss-injury approximately every single week,” said Dawn Aponte, the NFL’s chief administrator of football operations. “When we ...

The NFL wants hip-drop tackles out of the game completely. Armed with data that showed that the tackling technique is 20 to 25 times more likely to cause an injury than other tackles, NFL teams ...

We're at the top of the game in terms of wanting health and safety on every play. We voted for hip-drop tackle and a defenseless receiver. “We will always, always support what is safer for the ...

The Packers' proposal cited “player safety” and “pace of play” as reasons to rule the play illegal, as the NFL has done with other plays recently including the hip-drop tackle. Some ...