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Size all that matters in this ‘thug’ rugby

by
The Rugby Paper Team
28 April 2019

YOUR article on the potential problem with drugs in Rugby Union stressed that players come under pressure to become ‘bigger and stronger’ and that tells you all you need to know about the game today.
Skills are very much pushed into the background, great if you like ‘thug’ rugby but if you want to see players running, passing and looking for spaces forget it.
JOHN EDWARDS Old Sodbury

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