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LIAM DEL CARME | The RFU is tackling a tricky issue with its new law

The new low-tackle law that the RFU is experimenting with has many of the game’s supporters divided

26 January 2023 - 21:55

It’s perhaps what you’ve come to expect from the haughtily named the RFU (Rugby Football Union). Without properly consulting their constituents, they are set to make a change so fundamental to the game on their shores, it is likely to shake it to its foundations...

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