Baxter: All these law changes are madness

By MARK STEVENS

Rob Baxter believes World Rugby’s latest proposals to make further law changes will end up alienating supporters, rather than attracting them.
The game’s governing body announced last month a detailed plan aimed at speeding up the game with a tranche of law amendments, all of which they claim will help make the game a more viable spectacle for the watching public.
Those potential changes, which will be voted on by World Rugby’s council next month, include 20-minute red cards, the abolition of a scrum option from a free-kick, as well as ‘Dupont’s’ offside law. They will als...

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