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We were told a few years ago that the refs would only stop the game if there was a head injury but it now seems they stop for anything, even if the player is sitting up, centimetres from the touchline. Somewhere over the last few years they have now decided to stop play for any injury when a...

Not sure about the first but very much agree with the second and have suggested it myself previously. We had a period where refs only stopped the game for a head injury or for an obviously serious injury but now they do just when a player stays down which, 99% of the time is just to break up...