Rule-makers must lessen fears for game and widen appeal to young | The Breakdown

Those running the sport not only have a duty of care to players, whether professional or amateur, but are also its custodiansThe second round of the Premiership may have spawned considerably fewer tries and bonus points than the first, 25 and one compared to 40 and seven, but it is clear that the game is moving away from the overtly and suffocatingly physical. Even a team as renowned for its parsimony as Saracens has conceded three tries in each of its opening two matches. Defence has become a means to an end, rather than the end itself.The new scrum tweak may be frustrating because it effecti…