By PETER JACKSON
WORLD Rugby are being urged to take a tougher stand against dissenting players who threaten to drag the game down the same road as football.
The plea comes from a former referee renowned for his readiness to impose law and order during the last years of the amateur era.
‘Fearless’ Fred Howard is now back in the game coaching referees for the RFU.
Howard, who sent four players off during a 20-Test career spanning the first two World Cups, tells The Rugby Paper: “Dissent is definitely becoming more widespread.
“It has been creeping into the game over t...