Another ruck over rugby union v rugby league rules | Letters

Your correspondent David Reed (League rules show a better way for rugby, Letters, 2 November) could hardly be more mistaken. The key and unique feature of rugby union is that the possession of the ball is contested at all times – including after the tackle. Without that element of the game we would not have the glory of players like Richie McCaw and David Pocock, we would not have a game where players of the size and shape of Eben Etzebeth, Richie Gray or Adam Jones could shine and nor would we have the joy of seeing the way a team determined to keep the ball alive like Japan can triumph again…