Rugby World Cup shows northern hemisphere must change its ways | Robert Kitson

New Zealand, Australia and Japan have demonstrated how the best rugby is currently played, with particular lessons for EnglandFirst things first: this has been a fabulous Rugby World Cup in terms of extending the sport’s global appeal. Any kid watching New Zealand or Argentina or Australia or Japan could not wish for a better illustration of how rugby union, at its best, should be played. But across the mini-rugby pitches of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland will seven-year-olds be practising their Nehe Milner-Skudder sidesteps and asking for posters of Juan Imhoff for their bedroom walls? …