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Paul Rees: Battle of the airways puts coaches in the cross-fire

Paul Rees looks at how one law tweak by the game’s authorities can have unintended consequences.
Saracens’ Theo McFarland beats Gloucester’s Tomos Williams to the ball last weekend

Paul Rees looks at how one law tweak by the game’s authorities can have unintended consequences.

Just before half-time at Kingsholm on Saturday, one statistic stood out as Gloucester took on Saracens.
There had been more scrums than lineouts, another sign of how a law tweak has made kicks more contestable and therefore more appealing. The sky is becoming the limit of ambition.
The clampdown on defenders blocking chasers, no matter how subtly or nonchalantly they attempt to give the catcher extra time, has made a well-executed high kick a 50-50, providing more gain than a kick to touch and ...

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