IF you think the game is being stuffed up by constant stoppages, with muscle-bound forwards constantly taking a knee before a crucial scrum or lineout to feign an injury, or do up their shoelaces, or get attention to a sore shoulder, you are not wrong.
Matt Toomua, the Wallaby 10-12, who had two seasons with Leicester before returning to Australia before the 2019 World Cup, has revealed that deliberate tactics aimed at slowing down play, and giving players a breather - especially big front five forwards - are rife in the pro game.
Toomua, who now plays for the Melbourne Rebels, said that ...