Rugby was richer for refs stamping their authoruty

SO Colin Boag thinks rugby has improved since the days of Willie John McBride and that’s up to professionalism. Let’s have a look. Before professionalism players and referees strictly adhered to the laws of the game. Backchat to the referee from anyone but the captain saw your team marched back ten yards; in today’s game every Tom, Dick and Harry are on at the ref.
Come on refs have some backbone. The laws are there.
The scrum feeding by scrum-halves has become an embarrassment – last Saturday balls were being thrown in to the second row. Also, as well as feedin...

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