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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