IF there is indeed a “injury crisis” at the higher levels of the game then please don’t ask the “managers of the game” to provide a solution.
The genie, now out of the bottle, will not go back. The present situation is not the result of the most recent law changes, they are the straw that finally broke the back.
Over several years now the “managers of the game” have presided knowingly and willingly over changes that place greater emphasis on ever more force exerted by ever bigger players.
The breakdown is the biggest culprit; clearing out players be...