Players face sin-bin if they dive at Rugby World Cup

"There is a culture creeping in – I call it the football culture – of simulation."

Players who dive or feign injury at the Rugby World Cup run the risk of being sin-binned as the game’s governing body attempts to eradicate what it regards as football-style behaviour.

John Jeffrey, chairman of the World Rugby match officials selection committee, revealed that referees have been told to issue yellow cards in an attempt to crack down on simulation and other such undesirable behaviour.