First of two new high tackle laws to be trialled this week at U20 Championship

Ahead of this year's World Rugby U20 Championship, which kicks off in France on Wednesday, the sport's governing body has announced a series of dedicated tackle law trials to combat head injuries in the game. One of them deals with tackle height, the other, tackle positioning. In what appears to have been widely misinterpreted news release, World Rugby will run two separate high tackle law trials, in two different tournaments, the first of which kicks off this week. The key change in the law will centre around the height of acceptable tackles, with a view to turning trials into permanent law …