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I hated him since that time he kicked 10 goals against us….but I got to know his brother through work a few years later and he’s a good lad…so I have mellowed on Jack and focus my Reiwoldt distaste on St. Nick.
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How Luke Shuey mastered the dark art of the shrug tackle​

West Coast captain Luke Shuey has become a champion of breaking tackles and he decided to incorporate it into his game in a unique way, writes WILL SCHOFIELD.

The 2017 elimination final between West Coast and Port Adelaide was an epic. Scores level at full-time, the game went to extra time to decide the winner. Power fans will remember how this story ends, but to appreciate how it was won, you need to understand how it began.
Head high free kicks and players who shrug tackles to be taken high by their opponent is always a popular topic among fans. Luke Shuey executed the ‘shrug’ to receive the free kick that ultimately decided the game.

The skill of shrugging is often mistaken for ‘ducking’ by the player receiving the free kick.

From first-hand knowledge, this is an acquired skill and very few players in the AFL are able to do it regularly. It’s something you can train for as a method of breaking tackles, but not many can execute it to perfection.

Joel Selwood is the king of the shrug.

He sees the tackle coming from a mile away and it’s over before it even starts. Selwood’s courage and toughness are simply unquestionable given the body of work he has created throughout his career, and to call him a ducker is borderline offensive to him as a footballer. He gets more high tackles than any other player in the competition and it’s not by accident.

But why take my word for it? I could never master the dark art of the shrug.

West Coast Eagles captain Luke Shuey has though. He won the game in question by using it.

Shuey loves his American sports and the shrug wasn’t something he learned on the football field. It was something he picked up from TV.

“It started watching defensive linesmen in the NFL trying to get past the blockers,” Shuey explains. “They chop up with their arm, because once the hand goes up, they’ve got no power or they grab the face mask and it’s a penalty.”

“So I was like, well, if I’m going to get tackled, I’m either going to beat it and get my hands up or get through. If not, he’s going to get me high.”

So the very next game he played, he tried it out.

“I thought, ‘I’m just going to rip my arm up and see what happens’.”

The first time he tried it, he received a free kick. From that moment on it just became a part of his kit bag, like goal kicking or stoppage work.

“That’s my break tackle technique now. You’re allowed to move when you’re getting tackled if I’m not mistaken. The tackler can either let go or they can be better tacklers,” he says.

"I agree with a lot of people when they say a free kick shouldn’t be paid if you lower your centre of gravity and run into the bloke’s arm.

“But I’m not going to just stand there and get tackled.”

The technique isn’t unbeatable. With the right approach, players who attempt to shrug can be made to look very silly.

“I’ve had guys try to do it to but have pinned my arm and you feel like an idiot,” he says.

“Some people hate it. Some people don’t mind it. They don’t have to pay the free kick if they don’t want to. Until they change the rules, I’ll keep doing it.”

Come full circle and the scene was set for the shrug to beat all shrugs. With under a minute remaining in the elimination final, West Coast needed a goal for victory.

“I knew there wasn’t long. I knew there was every chance this was our last chance to score. Jetboi (Lewis Jetta) was in the stoppage and he fed it out to me.”

After years of perfecting the shrug, Shuey knew what he was doing before his opponent did.

“Jared Polec was there and I didn’t think I was getting past him, but I was far enough away that I knew it was going to be a lazy tackle,” he says.

The tackle came, Shuey shrugged, audible cries from Power players and onlooking fans were a collective “he ducked!”

But watching the vision back and knowing the origins of the technique, astute eyes see it differently.

“I don’t duck, mine is always trying to shrug the arm up,” Shuey says. “So when people come at me for that free kick, I actually didn’t do anything wrong.

“My other thing that I always say to people is, I’ll do it and they’ll get me high but you don’t have to pay the free kick. But I’ll eventually get through the tackle by doing it.

“The arm goes over your head and then you’re out the other side. So even if they don’t pay the free kick, you can come out the other side and play on anyway.”

Whether you agree with it or not, the decision was paid in advantage of Shuey and the Eagles, who then had to go back and kick a goal after the siren to win a final. Something not many players have the opportunity to do.

“I remember it was Mitch (Sam Mitchell), I think he was behind the man on the mark. And I looked up and he was just smiling, half laughing at the situation,” Shuey says.

“Watching the vision, you can see me smile. And then I hit it nicely. I remember I was sh*****g myself.

“The one thing I thought was, ‘If you miss this, don’t miss it because you’ve changed what you normally do’. So very, very cliche, but I just went through my routine. And honestly, I reckon I could have slept that night if I had kicked it out on the full, because I didn’t change a thing.”

Shuey slept well that night, he kicked the goal to win the final. Shrug and all.
 
Tugga27 said:

How Luke Shuey mastered the dark art of the shrug tackle​

West Coast captain Luke Shuey has become a champion of breaking tackles and he decided to incorporate it into his game in a unique way, writes WILL SCHOFIELD.

The 2017 elimination final between West Coast and Port Adelaide was an epic. Scores level at full-time, the game went to extra time to decide the winner. Power fans will remember how this story ends, but to appreciate how it was won, you need to understand how it began.
Head high free kicks and players who shrug tackles to be taken high by their opponent is always a popular topic among fans. Luke Shuey executed the ‘shrug’ to receive the free kick that ultimately decided the game.

The skill of shrugging is often mistaken for ‘ducking’ by the player receiving the free kick.

From first-hand knowledge, this is an acquired skill and very few players in the AFL are able to do it regularly. It’s something you can train for as a method of breaking tackles, but not many can execute it to perfection.

Joel Selwood is the king of the shrug.

He sees the tackle coming from a mile away and it’s over before it even starts. Selwood’s courage and toughness are simply unquestionable given the body of work he has created throughout his career, and to call him a ducker is borderline offensive to him as a footballer. He gets more high tackles than any other player in the competition and it’s not by accident.

But why take my word for it? I could never master the dark art of the shrug.

West Coast Eagles captain Luke Shuey has though. He won the game in question by using it.

Shuey loves his American sports and the shrug wasn’t something he learned on the football field. It was something he picked up from TV.

“It started watching defensive linesmen in the NFL trying to get past the blockers,” Shuey explains. “They chop up with their arm, because once the hand goes up, they’ve got no power or they grab the face mask and it’s a penalty.”

“So I was like, well, if I’m going to get tackled, I’m either going to beat it and get my hands up or get through. If not, he’s going to get me high.”

So the very next game he played, he tried it out.

“I thought, ‘I’m just going to rip my arm up and see what happens’.”

The first time he tried it, he received a free kick. From that moment on it just became a part of his kit bag, like goal kicking or stoppage work.

“That’s my break tackle technique now. You’re allowed to move when you’re getting tackled if I’m not mistaken. The tackler can either let go or they can be better tacklers,” he says.

"I agree with a lot of people when they say a free kick shouldn’t be paid if you lower your centre of gravity and run into the bloke’s arm.

“But I’m not going to just stand there and get tackled.”

The technique isn’t unbeatable. With the right approach, players who attempt to shrug can be made to look very silly.

“I’ve had guys try to do it to but have pinned my arm and you feel like an idiot,” he says.

“Some people hate it. Some people don’t mind it. They don’t have to pay the free kick if they don’t want to. Until they change the rules, I’ll keep doing it.”

Come full circle and the scene was set for the shrug to beat all shrugs. With under a minute remaining in the elimination final, West Coast needed a goal for victory.

“I knew there wasn’t long. I knew there was every chance this was our last chance to score. Jetboi (Lewis Jetta) was in the stoppage and he fed it out to me.”

After years of perfecting the shrug, Shuey knew what he was doing before his opponent did.

“Jared Polec was there and I didn’t think I was getting past him, but I was far enough away that I knew it was going to be a lazy tackle,” he says.

The tackle came, Shuey shrugged, audible cries from Power players and onlooking fans were a collective “he ducked!”

But watching the vision back and knowing the origins of the technique, astute eyes see it differently.

“I don’t duck, mine is always trying to shrug the arm up,” Shuey says. “So when people come at me for that free kick, I actually didn’t do anything wrong.

“My other thing that I always say to people is, I’ll do it and they’ll get me high but you don’t have to pay the free kick. But I’ll eventually get through the tackle by doing it.

“The arm goes over your head and then you’re out the other side. So even if they don’t pay the free kick, you can come out the other side and play on anyway.”

Whether you agree with it or not, the decision was paid in advantage of Shuey and the Eagles, who then had to go back and kick a goal after the siren to win a final. Something not many players have the opportunity to do.

“I remember it was Mitch (Sam Mitchell), I think he was behind the man on the mark. And I looked up and he was just smiling, half laughing at the situation,” Shuey says.

“Watching the vision, you can see me smile. And then I hit it nicely. I remember I was sh*****g myself.

“The one thing I thought was, ‘If you miss this, don’t miss it because you’ve changed what you normally do’. So very, very cliche, but I just went through my routine. And honestly, I reckon I could have slept that night if I had kicked it out on the full, because I didn’t change a thing.”

Shuey slept well that night, he kicked the goal to win the final. Shrug and all.
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I was behind that goal and it was one of the straightest kicks you'll ever see, the literal 'goal umpire didn't move'. Compare it to Gov's flourbag the following season.
 
Tugga27 said:

How Luke Shuey mastered the dark art of the shrug tackle​

West Coast captain Luke Shuey has become a champion of breaking tackles and he decided to incorporate it into his game in a unique way, writes WILL SCHOFIELD.

The 2017 elimination final between West Coast and Port Adelaide was an epic. Scores level at full-time, the game went to extra time to decide the winner. Power fans will remember how this story ends, but to appreciate how it was won, you need to understand how it began.
Head high free kicks and players who shrug tackles to be taken high by their opponent is always a popular topic among fans. Luke Shuey executed the ‘shrug’ to receive the free kick that ultimately decided the game.

The skill of shrugging is often mistaken for ‘ducking’ by the player receiving the free kick.

From first-hand knowledge, this is an acquired skill and very few players in the AFL are able to do it regularly. It’s something you can train for as a method of breaking tackles, but not many can execute it to perfection.

Joel Selwood is the king of the shrug.

He sees the tackle coming from a mile away and it’s over before it even starts. Selwood’s courage and toughness are simply unquestionable given the body of work he has created throughout his career, and to call him a ducker is borderline offensive to him as a footballer. He gets more high tackles than any other player in the competition and it’s not by accident.

But why take my word for it? I could never master the dark art of the shrug.

West Coast Eagles captain Luke Shuey has though. He won the game in question by using it.

Shuey loves his American sports and the shrug wasn’t something he learned on the football field. It was something he picked up from TV.

“It started watching defensive linesmen in the NFL trying to get past the blockers,” Shuey explains. “They chop up with their arm, because once the hand goes up, they’ve got no power or they grab the face mask and it’s a penalty.”

“So I was like, well, if I’m going to get tackled, I’m either going to beat it and get my hands up or get through. If not, he’s going to get me high.”

So the very next game he played, he tried it out.

“I thought, ‘I’m just going to rip my arm up and see what happens’.”

The first time he tried it, he received a free kick. From that moment on it just became a part of his kit bag, like goal kicking or stoppage work.

“That’s my break tackle technique now. You’re allowed to move when you’re getting tackled if I’m not mistaken. The tackler can either let go or they can be better tacklers,” he says.

"I agree with a lot of people when they say a free kick shouldn’t be paid if you lower your centre of gravity and run into the bloke’s arm.

“But I’m not going to just stand there and get tackled.”

The technique isn’t unbeatable. With the right approach, players who attempt to shrug can be made to look very silly.

“I’ve had guys try to do it to but have pinned my arm and you feel like an idiot,” he says.

“Some people hate it. Some people don’t mind it. They don’t have to pay the free kick if they don’t want to. Until they change the rules, I’ll keep doing it.”

Come full circle and the scene was set for the shrug to beat all shrugs. With under a minute remaining in the elimination final, West Coast needed a goal for victory.

“I knew there wasn’t long. I knew there was every chance this was our last chance to score. Jetboi (Lewis Jetta) was in the stoppage and he fed it out to me.”

After years of perfecting the shrug, Shuey knew what he was doing before his opponent did.

“Jared Polec was there and I didn’t think I was getting past him, but I was far enough away that I knew it was going to be a lazy tackle,” he says.

The tackle came, Shuey shrugged, audible cries from Power players and onlooking fans were a collective “he ducked!”

But watching the vision back and knowing the origins of the technique, astute eyes see it differently.

“I don’t duck, mine is always trying to shrug the arm up,” Shuey says. “So when people come at me for that free kick, I actually didn’t do anything wrong.

“My other thing that I always say to people is, I’ll do it and they’ll get me high but you don’t have to pay the free kick. But I’ll eventually get through the tackle by doing it.

“The arm goes over your head and then you’re out the other side. So even if they don’t pay the free kick, you can come out the other side and play on anyway.”

Whether you agree with it or not, the decision was paid in advantage of Shuey and the Eagles, who then had to go back and kick a goal after the siren to win a final. Something not many players have the opportunity to do.

“I remember it was Mitch (Sam Mitchell), I think he was behind the man on the mark. And I looked up and he was just smiling, half laughing at the situation,” Shuey says.

“Watching the vision, you can see me smile. And then I hit it nicely. I remember I was sh*****g myself.

“The one thing I thought was, ‘If you miss this, don’t miss it because you’ve changed what you normally do’. So very, very cliche, but I just went through my routine. And honestly, I reckon I could have slept that night if I had kicked it out on the full, because I didn’t change a thing.”

Shuey slept well that night, he kicked the goal to win the final. Shrug and all.
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This talks about a controversial topic. I don't like this tactic at all, but I agree with Shuey, that the move is fine, it's the adjudication that is wrong. The shrug should be your prior opportunity, of you get brushed high, then so be it. Get rid of the ball or get pinged.

Shuey and Selwood are still duckers though. I can't work out why the umps keep falling for it. When it comes to those two, they should only award high frees if it is plain as day that they didn't contribute to it.
 
Rowan18 said:
This talks about a controversial topic. I don't like this tactic at all, but I agree with Shuey, that the move is fine, it's the adjudication that is wrong. The shrug should be your prior opportunity, of you get brushed high, then so be it. Get rid of the ball or get pinged.

Shuey and Selwood are still duckers though. I can't work out why the umps keep falling for it. When it comes to those two, they should only award high frees if it is plain as day that they didn't contribute to it.
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There are a lot worse than Shuey but Selwood is completely equiped. He is also master of the dive forward when you get tackled so you get a free for “in the back”
 

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IF North Melbourne signed Adam Simpson instead of Brad Scott for the 2014 season
THEN Simmo would've taken the club to a Grand Final win the following year and the club would currently be in good shape
 
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IF Adam Simpson keeps saying he's not going to the Kangaroos ... THEN

Sliding Doors is in full swing ... and the gloves are off
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IF A.S says he’s not coaching North next year, THEN ignore that because he might?

Someone teach Damo about consent pls.
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DanWCE said:
IF North Melbourne signed Adam Simpson instead of Brad Scott for the 2014 season
THEN Simmo would've taken the club to a Grand Final win the following year and the club would currently be in good shape
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This weeks review from Titus.

Hawthorn vs. West Coast (MCG) 1:10pm Fox Footy

West Coast seemed to be on the improve until last week, right until the moment Carlton ran all over them like a garbage truck meeting a polystyrene box.

This week, Adam Simpson said he was committed to the Eagles for the long term, shooting down any talk of North Melbourne approaching him.

He said there’s “no need” for the Kangaroos to inquire.

It’s a bit like me declaring there’s ‘no need’ for Scarlett Johansson to ask me out.

This week, mid-season draftee Jai Culley will debut for the Eagles, completing his switch from working in a chicken shop to full time AFL player.

It’s an amazing story and he’ll be thrilled that you don’t have to work as hard at the Eagles as he did when serving chicken and chips.

Hawthorn finally got a win last week, which only proved what trouble the Crows are in.

This is a match I can barely be bothered tipping let alone watching. I’m going to tip the Eagles but really, whatever.
 
Tugga27 said:
This weeks review from Titus.

Hawthorn vs. West Coast (MCG) 1:10pm Fox Footy

West Coast seemed to be on the improve until last week, right until the moment Carlton ran all over them like a garbage truck meeting a polystyrene box.

This week, Adam Simpson said he was committed to the Eagles for the long term, shooting down any talk of North Melbourne approaching him.

He said there’s “no need” for the Kangaroos to inquire.

It’s a bit like me declaring there’s ‘no need’ for Scarlett Johansson to ask me out.

This week, mid-season draftee Jai Culley will debut for the Eagles, completing his switch from working in a chicken shop to full time AFL player.

It’s an amazing story and he’ll be thrilled that you don’t have to work as hard at the Eagles as he did when serving chicken and chips.

Hawthorn finally got a win last week, which only proved what trouble the Crows are in.

This is a match I can barely be bothered tipping let alone watching. I’m going to tip the Eagles but really, whatever.
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Titus watching the game on Sunday

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