Will Day tackles tackling

In the hours before James Sicily's tribunal hearing, our young gun Will Day discussed all things tackling: intuition, reading material, concussions and decision making

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By now there isn’t a Hawthorn supporter that hasn’t heard, and been enraged, by news of our captain James Sicily’s three game suspension for his dangerous tackle on Hugh McCluggage.

A tackle that earned him a free kick for holding the ball.

Did we say Hawthorn supporters are enraged? It seems as though the whole footy world has been united behind the injustice at the sentence — who would have thought that sympathy and empathy from outside our club towards Sic would ever have been a thing?

In the hours just before the sentence was handed down, the Hawks Insiders had a good discussion with our star — and previously penalised tackler Will Day — about the current issues surrounding tackling.