AS lifelong rugby players, coaches and supporters it is criminal we’re seeing our great game going into decline.
There is obviously a big debate about concussions and the terrible long-term implications for players, but what about the amount of serious injuries that are caused around the mess we call the ‘breakdown’?
Since the decline of rucking we have seen the introduction of the jackal and a massive increase in major physical contact.
Instead of tidying up this area and hopefully seeing an improved spectacle we have seen the opposite and an awful collision car cras...