Midleton give lesson in forward power play

LAST month in the homeland of New Zealander and Midleton assistant coach and scrum-half Damon Urlich, IRB grandees had their annual state-of-the-game meeting where the laws of the game were discussed.

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On the agenda was a need to reduce the number of penalties. The hope of the unions' lawmakers was to lessen the impact of forwards and turn the game into liberating try-scoring fests akin to what one sees in the Super-12 down-under.