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13th January 2017
09:41am GMT

For example in the below GIF, you can see Wasps' Christian Wade dish out a high tackle on the opposition player.
It is by no means a reckless challenge, just one of those which can often happen when you are chasing a player down.
Barnes offer the following explanation:
"That's clearly a penalty, he's gone over the top and he's made contact with the head. But everyone who has watched that game doesn't think that's a yellow card, we have to have a bit of common sense as referees and we have to understand what players are trying to do. He's got that slightly wrong, he's made a bit of contact, there is not a lot of force, penalty should have been given, it wasn't but nothing more."
Barnes runs through a number of other examples in the clip below which is definitely well worth a watch.
It's a great bit of insight from Barnes which really helps clear up the vagueness surrounding the tackle area which some fans may experience.
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