CHRIS HEWETT
GUEST COLUMNIST

Rising high: Saints win lineout ball against Leicester
PICTURES: Getty Images

Stop the clock, now and for always, amen. We’re talking about the so-called “game clock” here. Bin it and forget about it. Pretend it never started ticking in the first place.
Rugby has served up many a gruesome sight we will never unsee: the silver studs of New Zealand boots ripping into Phil de Glanville’s face in Redruth; Joe Marler laying his grubby paw on Alun Wyn Jones’ crown jewels at Twickenham; the blighted Lions tour of South Africa in 2021. But that doesn’t mean we mus...