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It's aimed at promoting accuracy, fewer handling errors and a greater reward for running the ball.
There you go.
So again, dividing opinion to say the least.
Now Leinster begin their preparations this weekend ahead of the Investec Champions Cup final in Bilbao later this month.
First up is the URC visit of South African high flyers the Lions to the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
Robbie Henshaw has been ruled out of this weekend.
He was stretchered off early in last weekend's win over Toulon.
Dara Smith-Lockton has recorded a really good interview with him, which you can also catch in the OTB Rugby podcast feed right now.
So Leo Cullen will be sweating over the fitness of the centre for their clash with holders Bordeaux-Begle in the Basque City on the 23rd of May.
Former Leinster hooker and 2018 winner of the competition James Tracy joined Adrian Barry and Dara Smith-Nocton on off-the-ball breakfast yesterday.
He was part of the last Leinster team to lift the title but made a remarkable admission about that win over Rossing eight years ago.
And don't forget, you can catch Off the Ball Breakfast live every weekday morning from half past seven on the Go Loud app or in glorious Technicolor over on our YouTube channel.
Finally today, a consortium that includes former New Zealand stars has claimed that their bid to purchase Super Rugby franchise Moana Pacifica has been blocked.
The Auckland-based outfit confirmed last month it would cease operations at the end of the current Super Rugby season, saying financial, operational and strategic realities mean it is no longer viable to continue.
Now, the outfit was founded in 2020 and has a focus on players of Samoan, Dongan and Cook Islands heritage in order to boost the Pacific presence in Super Rugby.
but the club's directors said they would be forced to disband unless new owners were willing to come on board and take on annual operating costs of 10 million New Zealand dollars.
Head coach Tana Umanga, who will leave the club himself this summer to link up with the New Zealand coaching set-up,
said that Moana's collapse would likely mean that Samoan and Tongan players would be tempted away from Union to play rugby league with NRL sides.
Now, Kanaloa Rugby, whose backers include ex-All Blacks Jerome Kano, Joey Rakothoko and John Othoa,
put itself forward to purchase a majority stake in the club.