Rugby must take an urgent look at the aerial contest rules, after more casualties and confusion in the best game of the latest Super round. We are on the verge of carnage already - a rule change forcing bomb chasers to back off completely must be considered. Rugby would be negligent in the extreme if it thought there was not at least an issue to investigate. Forty years ago, rugby players barely left the ground. The players are being asked to jump into dangerous situations with their eyes on the ball, while running the rule book through their head.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 05, 2017 03:11 UTC