BEFORE a player is very seriously hurt there have to be some difficult decisions and changes to the game, once beautiful but now at times ugly.
It seems clear to the unbiased observer that decisions about foul tackles will vary from ref to ref and sometimes with the same referee. A difficult one to correct. The spectacle of Japan playing fast and free was a huge treat as most agree. Simon Barnes article in the Radio Times of 12 – 18 October, 2019 made the point that in the days of the great French player Jean-Pierre Rives rugby was a game full of artistry in motion, now two colossal f...