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Annabelle Banfield

UNBELIEVABLE: You can t stop it moses says hip drops bound to happen | History Defined

Eels star Isaiah Iongi is out of action for about eight weeks after a hip-drop tackle. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Mitch Moses has doubled down on Parramatta coach Jason Ryles' warning that the speed of the NRL will lead to more players being injured by hip-drop tackles from tired defenders.

Days after the Eels lost a second player to a long-term injury from the illegal tackle, Moses maintained the speed of the game was to blame for the situation.

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