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Nigel Owens slams rugby's new red card trial and accuses bosses of trying to 'paper over cracks'

Nigel Owens believes the Rugby Championship's decision to introduce a 20-minute red card is wrong, but he also insists players should not be sent off for accidental head collisions if they have done everything possible to make a legal tackle.

Owens believes some sense can be brought to rugby's confused disciplinary lottery amid a backdrop of legal action against governing bodies from players suffering the effects of brain damage. You can read more on that legal case here.

The summer internationals saw a raft of controversial decisions, with some players dismissed and others let off for seemingly similar infringements around the tackle area.

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