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<blockquote data-quote="Bada-Bing!" data-source="post: 817456" data-attributes="member: 70552"><p>At first I was the same, but looking at it again and reading through the posts, there is good safety reasons for why they are implementing it. So in time I think most people will accept it. Concussion injuries from the jacklars head being exposed, just can't go on, as well as the pressure on their backs, hamstrings as they're cleared out. Paul O'Connell's career was ended by having the muscle from his hamstring area getting ripped off of his bone whilst getting cleared out of a ruck v France at RWC. I'll never forget the sheer agony on his face as he was being carried off the field. </p><p></p><p>Also, I've never understood the inconsistency of refs penalising some players for "sealing" off I.e. Collapsing on their player to protect the ball and in other rucks players clearly being off of their feet and arching over the player with their hands on the ground and not being penalised. Hopefully these rules will also clear this inconsistency up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bada-Bing!, post: 817456, member: 70552"] At first I was the same, but looking at it again and reading through the posts, there is good safety reasons for why they are implementing it. So in time I think most people will accept it. Concussion injuries from the jacklars head being exposed, just can't go on, as well as the pressure on their backs, hamstrings as they're cleared out. Paul O'Connell's career was ended by having the muscle from his hamstring area getting ripped off of his bone whilst getting cleared out of a ruck v France at RWC. I'll never forget the sheer agony on his face as he was being carried off the field. Also, I've never understood the inconsistency of refs penalising some players for "sealing" off I.e. Collapsing on their player to protect the ball and in other rucks players clearly being off of their feet and arching over the player with their hands on the ground and not being penalised. Hopefully these rules will also clear this inconsistency up. [/QUOTE]
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