Canberra Raiders assistant coach Brett White wants the NRL to add a carrot to their crackdown stick.
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The Green Machine defensive coach said rather than just punishing players for bad tackles, they should also offer incentives - such as rewarding low tackles with the most precious of commodities when it comes to the ruck. Time.
White and fellow assistant Andrew McFadden started changing the way the Raiders defended two years ago, lowering the tackle target zone then.
It came well before the NRL's crackdown on high shots and foul play that led to 14 players being sin binned and a further three sent off during Magic Round.
The crackdown sparked a mixed reaction, with some condemning it and others praising it as the league looks to minimise the impact of concussion.
But rather than just focus on the negative, White felt the NRL should also encourage tacklers who do what they want and go low.
"The NRL's trying to crackdown on the head knocks, I get that, and they're going at it in a way that it's disciplining players for getting it wrong," White said.
"I'd like to see them go the other way and why not reward a lower tackle ... a Tommy Starling-type tackle - where it's one-on-one, low, he's able to get them and drive them back.
"[Reward them] with time on the ground ... we're only talking a couple of seconds of time, but that's what it comes down to."
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The focus at Raiders training this week was on getting their feet in a good position to execute the tackle. Especially under fatigue, when the feet get heavy.
It's something White felt Josh Papalii wasn't quite able to do for the high shot on Bulldogs winger Tuipulotu Katoa he was sent off for.
Papalii was suspended for three games as well, meaning he'll miss the Melbourne Storm clash at Canberra Stadium on Saturday night.
"It's being able to steady their feet and get them in a good position. That's probably going to be a big focus," White said.
"It's more around the agility into contact to make sure we're getting into those better lower positions ... the challenge is it gets harder under fatigue."
White was succinct in response to the NRL's statement that the introduction of the six-again rule, which was designed to increase fatigue in the game, hadn't increased fatigue in the game - and in turn been responsible for the spate of incidents over the weekend by creating tired players who made mistakes.
The statement outlined a raft of statistics to show the players weren't experiencing more fatigue this season compared with the past couple of years.
White said there was a much simpler method.
"You've only got to ask the players how they feel out there," he said.
"I'd make my comments off the back of talking to actual players after games rather than stats."
NRL ROUND 11
Saturday: Canberra Raiders v Melbourne Storm at Canberra Stadium, 7.35pm.
Raiders squad: 1. Caleb Aekins, 2. Bailey Simonsson, 3. Sebastian Kris, 4. Curtis Scott, 5. Semi Valemei, 6. Sam Williams, 7. George Williams, 8. Dunamis Lui, 9. Tom Starling, 10. Emre Guler, 11. Corey Harawira-Naera, 12. Elliott Whitehead (c), 13. Hudson Young. Interchange: 14. Brad Schneider, 15. Ryan Sutton, 16. Corey Horsburgh, 17. Ryan James. Reserves: 18. Matt Timoko, 19. Sia Soliola, 20. Siliva Havili, 21. Harry Rushton.
Storm squad: 1. Nicholas Hynes, 2. George Jennings, 3. Reimis Smith, 4. Justin Olam, 5. Josh Addo-Carr, 6. Chris Lewis, 7. Jahrome Hughes, 8. Jesse Bromwich, 9. Brandon Smith, 10. Christian Welch, 11. Felise Kaufusi, 12. Kenneath Bromwich, 13. Dale Finucane. Interchange: 14. Aaron Pene, 15. Tui Kamikamica, 16. Tom Eisenhuth, 17. Nelson Asofa-Solomona. Reserves: 18. Aaron Booth, 19. Cooper Johns, 20. Trent Loiero, 21. Dean Ieremia.