England's Elliott Whitehead during the International Test Series match at the Totally Wicked

Elliott Whitehead Hip Drop. Elliott Whitehead Editorial Stock Photo Stock Image Shutterstock Footage has emerged of Elliott Whitehead's explosive run in with Roosters coach Trent Robinson following a hip-drop tackle that ended the season of hooker Brandon Smith. In a game marred by controversy, Whitehead's main charge was for a hip drop tackle against Brandon Smith, who has now been confirmed to have suffered an ACL injury that will end his season and ruin the first half of his 2025 campaign.

But the coach felt Whitehead had a history of laying hip-drop tackles throughout a career that began with English Super League side Bradford in 2009. But Robinson felt it was hard to forgive Whitehead, whom he said had been laying hip-drop tackles for his "whole career"

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Canberra are weighing up whether to launch a last-ditch attempt to save Elliott Whitehead's NRL career at the judiciary, after he was handed a four-match ban for his hip-drop tackle on Brandon Smith. Since the start of the 2022 season, Whitehead has been charged three times for tackles deemed to have hip drop mechanics, two in the second week of the finals that year and once in Round 17 in 2024. Footage has emerged of Elliott Whitehead's explosive run in with Roosters coach Trent Robinson following a hip-drop tackle that ended the season of hooker Brandon Smith.

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Elliott Whitehead Editorial Stock Photo Stock Image Shutterstock. In a game marred by controversy, Whitehead's main charge was for a hip drop tackle against Brandon Smith, who has now been confirmed to have suffered an ACL injury that will end his season and ruin the first half of his 2025 campaign. Roosters coach Trent Robinson has taken aim at Raiders captain Elliott Whitehead after the English international was sin binned for a tackle that's left Brandon Smith with an ACL injury.