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Test game is turgid compared to Euro Cup

IT HAS really come to the point where international rugby has become dire. If national coaches believe the best way to win is to run two phases, then kick and hope to profit off the errors of the opposition rather than through attacking play there is something deeply wrong in all aspectects of the game.
Has the list of issues grown too deep to fix?
Referees have reverted to coaching rather than penalising. Scrums are a hideous mess. Rucking does not draw in enough forwards to create space. Players are continually offside around rucks, mauls, and in front of the kicker. Lineouts take to...

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