The IRB council meets in Dublin, where the Rugby Football Union, among others, will raise the issue of clarifying the tackle law which was passed at the council meeting in July. This states that the tackler is allowed to play the ball from any direction if he is on his feet, increasing the risk of the attacking team losing possession in dangerous areas.
However, there is a strong feeling within the game's governing body that to ditch the ruling would be viewed as a knee-jerk reaction that could lead to more unforeseen problems.
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The IRB council meets in Dublin, where the Rugby Football Union, among others, will raise the issue of clarifying the tackle law which was passed at the council meeting in July. This states that the tackler is allowed to play the ball from any direction if he is on his feet, increasing the risk of the attacking team losing possession in dangerous areas.
However, there is a strong feeling within the game's governing body that to ditch the ruling would be viewed as a knee-jerk reaction that could lead to more unforeseen problems.
I like to take people on and run from my own line and, if England do not agree with that style of rugby, I am not their man." England may not be playing well, but their two home matches in next year's Six Nations hospitalityare already sell-outs and all the hospitality for the first game, against Wales in February, have been taken. Australia and New Zealand are not so fortunate commercially and they will express their concerns about the stagnancy of the game on the field at this weekend's gathering of the International Rugby Board's general assembly in Dublin, followed by a meeting of the council.
Given the complexities of the factors influencing the breakdown, and anecdotal claims that the new ruling is responsible for the sharp increase in injuries, the most likely outcome today is that the 26-man council will endorse a worldwide review of the breakdown to provide statistical evidence for analysis before a decision can be made.
Match commissioner Douglas Hunter has decided not to cite Ireland's Jamie Heaslip despite a request from South Africa to investigate claims that the No 8 had stuck a finger into Heinrich Brussow's eye in the Dublin Test.
Lions hooker Matthew Rees faces a race to be fit for Wales' Six Nations opener against England at Twickenham on Feb 6. He has been ruled out for at least three months after suffering a groin tear in Wales' defeat by Australia.
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Shane Williams, Rees's colleague, will miss the Ospreys' final four Heineken Cup matches after tearing a hamstring in the same match. The Wales and Lions wing will be out for six weeks.
Justin Harrison, the former Bath and Australia lock who is serving an eight-month ban for three drug-related offences, is to resurrect his career with ACT Brumbies.
Harrison, whose ban expires on Jan 13, has begun training with the Brumbies, having been signed by his former club ahead of their Super 14 campaign, which begins next February.
It will be a remarkable return for the 35 year-old, who announced his retirement when he admitted taking cocaine during Bath's end-of-season party in London and failing to submit to a drugs test.
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