TOULOUSE full-back Thomas Ramos, it’s fair to say, is not a fan of French rugby’s 45-second time limit experiment for penalties and conversions, brought in this season to speed up the game.
After missing three tricky first-half shots at goal in the Top 14 champions’ 48-12 demolition of pretenders Bordeaux last Sunday, he handed kicking duties to Romain Ntamack – who proceeded to knock over four out of five.
“A minute for conversions was good,” Ramos, above, said. “[But], I’m not going to make excuses – when you kick zero ...