Late Tackle

SO YOU THINK YOU’RE ‘ARD DO YOU? THINK ON

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
11 July 2012

CHRIS DUNLAVY says you can forget Roy Keane and Chopper Harris when you want to find the true tough guys of football. Here’s his selection of men to avoid

WHAT is a football hardman? Look at the myriad lists on the internet and you’ll see names like Kevin Muscat, Roy Keane and Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris – men who thought nothing of a knee-high tackle from behind.
But does this make them hard? I don’t think so. Assaulting some poor fella who isn’t expecting it just makes you a coward. If they can’t get up and hit you back, it doesn’t count...

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