high tackle

English

Noun

high tackle (plural high tackles)

(rugby) A dangerous form of tackling in which a player tackles above the shoulders.
- 2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online‎:
  The game was never going to be won by how good a team attacks, though, but with defence. When captain Kolisi was sin-binned for a high tackle, the Boks could've easily capitulated.

Translations

form of tackling

Czech: vysoká skládka f
Finnish: korkea taklaus

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