RFU council members to seek guidance from clubs over new law on tackle heights

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the sport's governing assemblage successful England

Rugby Football Union assembly members, who voted to little the tackle height, are to question guidance from their clubs implicit the arguable instrumentality change.

The quality was met with uproar by those successful the assemblage game, who weren't consulted implicit the decision.

"We did not get the connection close this time," said 1 RFU councillor.

In correspondence sent to their subordinate clubs, the councillor added: "We person missed a accidental to usage those who person played, coached oregon refereed the crippled a accidental to assistance america get the wording of the instrumentality precisely right.

"If we tin usage the corporate contented [of the clubs] to accent trial the projected instrumentality wording and suggested guidance implicit the adjacent fewer weeks, we volition get the close outcome, which is simply a safer crippled for everyone and much radical wanting to play rugby successful the future."

Another missive from a assembly subordinate has promised a "full and frank" statement earlier the substance returns to the assembly successful February.

In a further letter, a assembly subordinate added: "I judge the RFU's determination should person acceptable retired much prominently and intelligibly the rationale."

Next month's assembly meeting, scheduled for 13 February, volition present "review the process" by which the determination was made, arsenic good arsenic the "strategic analysis", and the "engagement and connection strategy".

Day - 'No volition for instrumentality alteration for pros'

Meanwhile, the Rugby Players' Association - the national that represents nonrecreational antheral and pistillate players successful England - said it is "broadly successful agreement" astir the "direction of travel" but that immoderate tweaks to instrumentality astatine the elite extremity would request extended consultation with the players.

"First and foremost, we would expect a afloat consultation with membership. We person to get subordinate sentiment implicit what is possible," RPA wide caput Christian Day told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"In presumption of the nonrecreational game, we person got to inquire the players what they think, but arsenic acold arsenic I cognize determination is nary volition for this regularisation to travel to the nonrecreational crippled arsenic it stands."

However, Day acknowledges that abstracted laws betwixt the nonrecreational and amateur crippled would pb to a divided successful the athletics that could successful effect bring an extremity to the rugby pyramid.

"There are players who perchance volition play in, say, National 2 connected loan, and they volition person to play to the antithetic acceptable of laws," helium said.

"It's a consideration, but I deliberation the absorption of question is correct. Heads distant from different people's heads is bully for safety.

"But the mode it's been communicated... they would astir apt privation to bash that again if possible."