Beware unintended results of tinkering with the tackle laws

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THE rule of unintended consequences has never been more apparent to me than the current obsession with trying to ‘manage’ the tackle collision.
The only feasible way World Rugby have proposed to improve player safety has been to provide new directives by changing the laws around the tackle.
Further calls for the tackle height to be lowered to the armpit have only worsened concussion cases in the recent Championship trial as the tackler is forced to make...

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