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Published 16:38 12 Jul 2022 BST
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Garry Ringrose of Ireland receives medical attention after colliding with Angus Ta’avao of New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)[/caption]
"You look at how a lot of the rules are progressed, interpreted, and what is signed off and not - when you look at the 20-minute red card. "It is a real reflection that World Rugby is based in Dublin, and it favours the northern hemisphere. I don't think that is disputed at all. "Eddie Jones and England were the one northern hemisphere nation that supported that 20-minute [red card] law. If you had that at the game, at the weekend, I think that would have been a fairer reflection of the incident, if you want to go down this path [seeking to lower tackle height]. I don't agree with it, and I don't see them change it either. Certainly, it is here to stay."Napier contends that the focus on improving tackle technique, lowering tackle height and being harsh on head collisions, where the tackler is concerned, has not been proved to lower player concussions. All we would say to that is, we have not seen any definitive study on the matter, since the law enforcement became tougher, but World Rugby seem to be proactive on trying to cut down on concussions rather than, as they have been in the past, reactive. There were three more yellow cards in Tuesday's game between Ireland and the Maori All Blacks, for bringing down an maul, a deliberate knock-on and a try-scoring opportunity being denied. Sky Sport NZ commentators agreed with Jordan Larmour getting sin-binned for his tackle on Conor Garden-Bachop, but debated the two shown to Ollie Norris and Shaun Stevenson. The Kiwis appear to want as much 15 vs. 15 rugby possible. To keep it "pure". Perhaps the message will get through to their players, brought up on free-rein Super Rugby, about not infringing so many laws while they are out there.
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