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While we are at it how about eliminating all hands from the ruck (effectively eliminating jackling) and bring back rucking. The ball used to come out quicker and there was real incentive to commit four or five men to the ruck, creating space for backs. The current ruck law means there is very difficult to referee and leads to rugby league spread defences. Watch the ‘95 World Cup and you will be surprised how much more efficient the old rucking was (in terms of quicker ball).
The changes World Rugby must make after the World Cup
How about feeding the ball in straight into the scrum. I never understood the argument for allowing the feed. It is possibly the easiest law to enforce because it it is two feet under the referee’s nose. It seems we currently have the worst of both worlds, protracted scrum sets with persistent collapsing and no real competition once the ball is in.
The changes World Rugby must make after the World Cup
Rugby is no longer a game for all body types. Two suggestions here, reduce the number of substitutions (to one front-row forward) and one back. That will force players to play for 80 minutes and not bulk up so much. Also a radical suggestion, introduce weight limits for backs (like boxing or wrestling).
The changes World Rugby must make after the World Cup