Stop these bench players from rushing into the in-goal area

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■ HOW much longer are referees going to allow tries when sides have 19 or 20 players on the field of play?
On numerous occasions, members of the bench, doing exercises or just loitering behind the dead ball line, rush into the in-goal area preparing to hug and smooch their players eons before they touch down, thus denying the opposition room for last-ditch tackles.
This is particularly true of an interception score, as we saw from Leicester’s only try in the Anglo-Welsh final last Sunday.
JEREMY BRIEN
Bristol
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