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Tue 6 Sep 2016 | 03:11
Prop Alec Hepburn flies into hooker Tommy Taylor to make huge tackle

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Cracking hit from Exeter Chiefs in their Aviva Premiership season opener versus Wasps at the Ricoh Arena, as Alec Hepburn flew off the line to perfectly time this crunching tackle on hooker Tommy Taylor, stopping him dead in his tracks.

As noted by Austin Healey, the long hair on both players certainly added to the magnitude of the tackle, as the two big front rowers met, with one coming off significantly worse than the other.

Edit: Taylor made a revenge shortly after this. Scroll down for a video on that.

MORE: View the Top 5 tries from the Premiership opening weekend

Wasps won the contest 25-20, the highlights of which can be watched below.

credit: premiershiprugby

Posted By: Grant Constable

8 Comments

  • rugbydump
    10:19 AM 13/09/2016

    Agreed. See the edit and IG video above

  • stroudos
    9:14 PM 08/09/2016

    Mr Dump, With respect, I think this needs to be added to your intro write-up - this revenge tackle really *makes* the story for me.

  • weltot
    12:54 PM 08/09/2016

    "Nothing wrong with that!" - except his head was the wrong side? Horrible technique.

  • rugbydump
    5:04 PM 07/09/2016

    Here you go https://youtu.be/RLsI3JaBm54

  • rugbydump
    5:02 PM 07/09/2016

    We were unaware of this. It must be to do with the new TV deals in place in the US. Frustrating but we'll try to get more clarity on it. For now, set up a VPN/Proxy and you can watch with ease.

  • drg
    11:18 PM 06/09/2016

    Ah yeh, totally agree, the rest of the world is pointless... only country that matters in the US right?

  • bnations
    6:13 PM 06/09/2016

    Too bad us Yanks can't see the video.

  • jimmy23
    4:35 PM 06/09/2016

    As Justin Marshall would say; Boomfa!

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