Paul Rees looks at how Premiership teams are opening up defences as players adapt to new tackle laws

It has been an image-shattering season in the Premiership. A league that has in the past been regarded as risk averse has hosted point sprees, try spreads and astonishing comebacks. It has been defence coaches, rather than the rugby, who have turned grey.
Before the current round of matches, there had only been two in which a team had failed to score a try: Exeter at Saracens and London Irish at Gloucester. Last season, the finalists Leicester and Saracens both kept their lines intact on fo...