By Paul Rees
Adam Jones has called on the lawmakers to ensure sides with a strong scrum are rewarded amid rising fears throughout the rugby world that attempts are being made to depower it in the name of entertainment.
Jones, who won 100 caps for Wales and the Lions on the tight-head and is now coaching at Harlequins, said teams that struggled up front should work on ironing out weaknesses rather than be bailed out by rule tweaks.
“Every season breaks me,” said Jones.
“The goal-line drop-out is nonsense and now if you are awarded a scrum free-kick you cannot opt for another scrum.
“We will...
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