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Evening Standard
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Nick Purewal

Calls for RFU chief Bill Sweeney to resign after apologetic climbdown in tackle-height rule fiasco

Calls are intensifying for RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney to resign in the wake of the community game tackle-height law change fiasco.

The RFU has issued a chastening apology for the “upset” of last week’s snap decision to lower tackle-height laws to waist level for next season at every level of the game below professionalism.

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