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The Disadvantages of Lower Defensive Heights

Rugby has gone from two illegal tackles to 45 because of the law change. That means that coaches and those players have made 57 actually 57 penalties 49 of them were for high tackles so 49 so 49 occasions in that game those players went into a tackle situation and did not make the adjustment that had been conca- This wasn't sprung on them at the start of the game at the moment of kick or fellas by the way I just want to let you know the tackle heights lower no this was communicated months in advance with quite as strong as I know.

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