Rugby union: talking points from the Premiership’s weekend action

Cipriani’s bargaining position gets stronger, Vunipola shakes off the rust and the Dominator makes his England caseBristol’s head coach, Pat Lam, has asked Twickenham to scrutinise the law governing the lineout, arguing that Exeter are regularly awarded tries that should be penalties to their opponents. The Chiefs won the West Country derby with two tries that followed lineouts. Lam’s gripe with the first one was that the throw was not straight but his main complaint was with the second which turned into a driving maul. Lam wants the governing body to enforce the lineout regulation which state…