COLIN BOAG

Escape: Sean Maitland got away with taking out Clermont’s Isaia Toeava

Les Kiss, Ulster’s director of rugby, and formerly Ireland’s defence coach, has a lot to answer for. It was he who, in 2011, invented the ‘choke tackle’, and it has become a blight on the game.
It’s hard to think of a more negative tactic than a number of defenders holding up an attacker with the sole intention of killing the ball and gaining a turnover. At a time when the world seems to be favouring a more attacking style of play, this is surely an anachronism?
The ter...