Springboks legend Steven Kitshoff is the latest ex-international to voice his dissatisfaction with World Rugby’s ‘brake foot’ law and has called for it to be removed from the game.
There was plenty of debate around the scrums during the recent Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series between South Africa and New Zealand.
During the early stages of the fourth Test in Baltimore, the All Blacks were penalised twice for scrum infringements, firstly with a free-kick and then with a long-arm penalty.
On both occasions, referee Karl Dickson was unhappy with their brake foot, where the hooker has one foot positioned in the middle
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