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THE SECRET PLAYER

“Modern rugby is about getting as many cheap wins as you can”

THE BEST version of game-shaking tactics is when somebody exploits a quirk in the law book.

So I remember, for instance, a time when you got pick-and-go plays going for the try-line and the player that was welded onto the ball-carrier’s back could do whatever he wanted. So actually, if you were stopped short on a pick-and-go, the guy behind

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