0
Richie McCaw has dismissed talk of the Experimental Law Variations (ELVs) allowing breakdown cheats to prosper. Under the ELVs rugby referees can now award free-kicks instead of penalties at the post-tackle melee.
The practice can be open to abuse because it encourages players to keep infringing if they know they are not going to be penalised.
Crusaders skipper and openside flanker McCaw, however, says anything that attempts to produce clean ball and speed up possession is a bonus, reports Rugby Heaven.
Read more here:Cheats don't prosper