WATCHING the rugby last weekend I was aghast when one particular slide of statistics came on screen. Collision dominance!
How sad is this beautiful game of ours becoming? When stats of this nature are deemed important, I fear the end is nigh. The game has morphed into an unrecognisable version of the Rugby Union I used to play. Now it’s all kicking, defence and rolling mauls (all offside in my day).
Certain rules have to be re-introduced, like straight put-in at scrum, not propelling lineout jumpers into the air, or allowing players to charge into rucks to clear-out people w...