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'Tank' tackles discipline
Bret Harris | June 05, 2008
DIGBY IOANE just does not know his own strength and that may be part of the reason he got into so much trouble this year.
Ioane, 22, missed more than half the Super 14 season because of suspensions for two separate dangerous tackles.
The Reds winger received a four-week suspension for a reckless tackle on Brumbies number eight Stephen Hoiles in round three and another three-week ban for a similar tackle on Crusaders outside centre Casey Laulala in the second-last round.
There is nothing malicious about Ioane. It is more his poor tackling technique, which is magnified by his incredible strength.
Only 93kg, Ioane is one of the strongest players in the new Wallabies squad, if not the strongest pound-for-pound. And it is his strength that enables Ioane to lift players off the ground so effortlessly and place them in dangerous positions.
Ioane, who is nicknamed "Tank" because of..
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