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THERE isn't a player in the game with a better reason to be calling for the return of the shoulder charge, but Sonny Bill Williams reckons it's time for every player to get their head around the fact that the tackle is a part of history — for good reason.
Ahead of his return from a three-match suspension for collecting George Burgess with a shoulder charge in the dying stages of the opening game of the season, Williams gave his first media interview of the year ahead of Friday night's clash against his old club the Bulldogs.
Sonny Bill Williams during an all-in interview. Source: News Limited
And with his Roosters teammate Jared Waerea-Hargreaves the latest player facing a ban for his shoulder charge that knocked Glenn Stewart out of last Friday night's game against Manly, Williams gave his thoughts on the direction the game was heading with his favourite tackle.
Waerea-Hargreaves is up on a grade two shoulder charge and will cop one week if he takes the early guilty plea — or he faces two games out if he fights the charge and loses at the NRL judiciary.
Reminded that Williams used to call the shoulder charge "a work of art", the superstar backrower said he now accepted that the tackle was outlawed.
"Definitely. Times have changed and you have got to move forward," he said.
"Just like when I came back the game had changed a lot and you just have to adapt and the shoulder charge is no good."
And he said he could accept copping a three-game suspension for his tackle as long as the NRL stands firm for the rest of the season.
Sydney Roosters rugby league player Sonny Bill Williams with children from Darlinghurst Public School. Source: News Limited
"The rule has been set in place for a year now," he said.
"They are trying to eradicate it out of the game.
"You will see it now and then.
"The stance they have taken, they have been pretty harsh on it but I don't mind if they keep that same standard throughout the year.
"You just can't hit anyone in the head, I guess."
Asked how big a loss Waerea-Hargreaves would be for the clash against the giant Bulldogs pack, Williams said: "Big Jazza is a big part of our team and any time and any time we lose a player of his calibre it is going to be tough.
"But we have full faith in the boys who will step up and he is lucky he only got one week.
"He should have got three like me … joking."
Williams said he was angry with himself for allowing "frustration" to lead to his tackle on Burgess.
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But the time out could prove a blessing in disguise as the season rolls on and the World Cup hangover takes its toll on just about every team.
More than 120 NRL players took part in the year-ending tournament in the United Kingdom _ and the Roosters had 16 representatives, more than any other club.
Williams said that had been a contributing factor to the Roosters up and down start and it's probably a factor across the board given there had been 18 upsets out of 31 games heading into last night's game between the Titans and the Cowboys.
"I think if you look across the whole competition it is a bit like that," he said.
"With the World Cup a lot of teams have come back in dribs and drabs.
"I think as the season goes on you will start seeing a bit more (consistency).
"I got to have that pre-season that I probably missed after the World Cup so I'm in pretty good shape and ready to get out there and earn the boys respect back."
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