Vesty: We need all aspects of the game

By JON NEWCOMBE

Northampton head coach Sam Vesty believes there are simpler ways of the RFU speeding up the game without introducing any of the off-the-wall reforms outlined in a recent report.
The RFU are hoping to launch a cross Premiership-Championship Cup during next year’s World Cup and would use the competition to trial some experimental changes, in a bid to increase spectator appeal, subject to RFU Council and World Rugby approval.
A sin-bin power play, where the opposition chooses which players takes a 10-minute breather, is one of the ideas allegedly mooted by the RFU working par...

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