This week we will mostly be concerning ourselves with the ‘Leinster bias’ incident and Wales and England’s civil wars…
The anatomy of good team bias
Law 15.3: Players involved in all stages of the ruck must have their heads and shoulders no lower than their hips.
Law 15.4: Each team has an offside line that runs parallel to the goal line through the hindmost point of any ruck participant. If that point is on or behind the goal line, the offside line for that team is the goal line.
Law 15.5: An arriving player must be on their feet and join from behind their offside line.
Law 15.6: A player may join alongside but not in front of the hindmost player.
Law 15.7: A player must bind onto a team-mate or an opposition player. The bind must precede or be simultaneous with contact with any other part of the body.
