RUGBY MATTERS

I DON’T know if you caught any of Spain’s game against Italy at the Junior World Cup last Sunday but it was an instructive contest.
Spain, newly promoted from the trophy last year, took Italy to the wire despite enjoying barely 20 per cent possession and making well over 300 tackles.
Spain’s defence was endlessly brave, their discipline excellent and their attitudelike many top Spanish sports teams and individuals - excellent, but what struck me was their textbook low tackling under the most intense pressure as Italy battered away. Not once did th...