Referee backs ban on lifting tackles

By Adam Pengilly
Updated April 8 2014 - 12:18pm, first published April 7 2014 - 9:23pm
The Rabbitohs' Sam Burgess is lifted in a tackle by St George Illawarra's Jack de Belin last Saturday night. Picture: GETTY IMAGES
The Rabbitohs' Sam Burgess is lifted in a tackle by St George Illawarra's Jack de Belin last Saturday night. Picture: GETTY IMAGES

Former leading whistleblower Tony De Las Heras believes NRL referees would be able to properly police a blanket ban on lifting tackles, which could be in effect as early as next season.

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