The Breakdown | Plan to speed up rugby union just part of massive overhaul needed

In addition to changes involving scrums and the tackle area, a younger audience must be attracted if the game is to thriveWould the outcome of last year’s World Cup have been different had teams been allowed to make five replacements rather than eight? The winners, South Africa, defused opponents through their bomb squad, five tight forwards who came off the bench in the second half along with a foraging flanker to allow an unrelenting 80-minute physical onslaught.England lost in the final to South Africa, whose bomb squad was assisted by the early injury to Kyle Sinckler, and their head coach…