NEWS EXTRA
By SAM JACKSON

FORMER international referee Nigel Owens thinks tactical substitutions should be dropped from international rugby and that replacements should only be allowed onto the pitch for injured players.
Owens argues it would result in players carrying less bulk and reduce the impact of collisions.
“I think we need to look at substitutions,” Owens said. “There’s too many substitutions in the game.
“Whether you reduce them from eight down to five or four? Or at international level, do you just have them for replacements rather than sub...