A very sombre day for rugby league, with the death of James Ackerman - seriously injured whilst playing in a Queensland Cup game on the weekend.
To make this incident even more tragic, a friend of mine who referees but was at the game in a non-official capacity believed the tackle which fatally injured James was a shoulder charged - this has also been mentioned by some media sources.
Rightly so the NRL is giving counselling to all players and officials involved in the match.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-2...injury/6563864
Due to the extremely sensitive nature of the incident, the QRL is opting to delay reviewing the tackle.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1227408692666