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Stop giving No.9s so much protection

By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week

Welcome to the 2025 Six Nations, and, unfortunately, a new abomination of a law trial aimed at “Protecting the 9” which will turn scrum-half – a position which has produced many of the greatest players rugby union has seen – into a sacrosanct, but diminished, species.
Midway through the northern hemisphere season, World Rugby’s hopeless laws committees have decided to dumb down our sport by turning a position which requires great reflexes and pin-sharp skills, into one which could be played by a mobility-challenged 25-stone bench prop with ...

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