French Rugby: Lower tackle height

Paris: The French Rugby Federation (FFR) and the French National League (LNR) have proposed to World Rugby to lower the legal height of a tackle to waist level, they announced on Thursday. During a meeting in Paris between the three governing bodies, French rugby bosses, including FFR president Bernard Laporte, also suggested banning tackles by two players and head-on-head tackles. The FFR have offered to trial the laws in their amateur competitions.

The conference was organised following the recent death of Stade Francais teenager Nicolas Chauvin. Chauvin died in hospital after suffering a broken neck which triggered a heart attack during a match in Bordeaux on Sunday.

-AFP crucial score was the result of a five-year process.

“It was a set play Joe [Schmidt] ran back in 2013,” Stockdale said.

“It didn’t work but that’s what Joe does. If it doesn’t work he’ll put it into some big filofax of plays. He puts it on the back burner for a couple of years and then brings it out again.” Stockdale spoke of his experience as part of the historic side that beat the All Blacks in Dublin.

“It was an incredible experience to be involved in that game,” Stockdale said.

“To be the first team to beat the All Blacks in Dublin, and to get a try, was special. There’s also more belief.”

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