THE recent discussions about the high number of tries being in scored in ALL the rugby union leagues has a very simple solution and easy to implement.
Players are obsessed with body collisions rather than bending their backs and tackling round the legs. I can only assume that defence coaches, for whatever reason, have decided that colliding with players’ upper bodies is the best way to stop an attack.
The evidence of basketball type scores every week shows how wrong they are and how they have removed one of the real skills in the game.
The last time I looked, if you take a pl...