Rugby World UK – July 2019

is defi nitely Chiefs’ gain. A club legend

and a hero to boys and dads alike! 

Aaron Greenslade, Cornwall

No dawdling allowed!

With the season over, here are a few

suggested law amendments:

1. If the ball goes forward in a pass

it’s a forward pass. Which way the

hands are pointing is irrelevant.

2. Penalise players who join a caterpillar

ruck just to add a few feet between the

nine and those attempting a chargedown.

3. Limit the time forwards have to

get to a lineout when they have the

throw. Get rid of the dawdle.

4. Raise the protective padding on posts

so that to score a try you must contact

the base of the post. Better still, get rid

of this law altogether since it’s almost

impossible to stop a try by this means.

Paul Aynsley, South-West London

Give six-point try a go

Try bonus points have clearly worked

yet aren’t awarded in the biggest

games – the knockout stages

of both the club competitions

and the World Cup. All that

matters is winning and

players adopt signifi cantly

diff erent tactics.

We should avoid this divide.

We can encourage running

rugby by further adjusting

the points system – I suggest

six for a try, two for a penalty

and one for a conversion.

Richard Oliver

Attenborough, Notts

RW says:An increased try

value has been trialled, but it

created a rise in cynical illegal play as

teams protected their line at all costs.

How do Saracens do it?

Saracens won the double and look

unstoppable. There have been inquiries

over their spending. Premiership clubs

are allowed to spend up to £6.4m on

player wages, excluding two marquee

players. However, Saracens have

earned the right to spend more

due to their home-grown

(England-qualifi ed) players.

I’m an Exeter supporter

and we’ve struggled with the

salary cap this year, but our

team fi nancially looks like

amateurs compared to the

worth of the Saracens XV.

Sam Harries, Exeter, Devon

He’s not so Goode

Alex Goode is a good club

player but falls short of

being an international. He

lacks that electrifying turn

of pace like a Hogg or Daly.

The best player in the

world is Jamie George, and

the great thing is that he

doesn’t even look athletic.

Mark Price, via Facebook

RW says: We disagree –

they’re both terrifi c. See

our Top 100 players feature

that starts on page 35.

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