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Watch: Former Scotland international red carded after horror tackle on Liam Gill in Japan

By Sam Smith
(Source/J Sports)

Former London Irish and Scotland international Blair Cowan was red carded for Ricoh Black Rams Tokyo in their clash against Shining Arcs Tokyo-Bay Urayasu.

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Cowan got his tackle attempt wrong and ended up flying into his opposite No 8 Liam Gill leading with the head into the collison. The match was stopped as both players were left reeling from the hit.

After a review by the TMO, the referee had no choice but to issue a red card for the dangerous hit by the 35-year-old Cowan which left the former Queensland Red visibly dazed.

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The Australian loose forward lasted another 15 minutes of play before being substituted out of the game.

The tackle came just 12 minutes into the game leaving the Black Rams down to 14-men for the rest of the match, which was too much of an ask. They were down 18-0 on the stroke of halftime when flyhalf Isaac Lucas scored to give the Rams a glimmer of hope.

But the Shining Arcs ran in a further three second half tries on the way to a 42-13 win as Otere Black kicked 15 points.

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Bull Shark 3 hours ago
Jake White: Are modern rugby players actually better?

Of the rugby I’ve born witness to in my lifetime - 1990 to date - I recognize great players throughout those years. But I have no doubt the game and the players are on average better today. So I doubt going back further is going to prove me wrong. The technical components of the game, set pieces, scrums, kicks, kicks at goal. And in general tactics employed are far more efficient, accurate and polished. Professional athletes that have invested countless hours on being accurate. There is one nation though that may be fairly competitive in any era - and that for me is the all blacks. And New Zealand players in general. NZ produces startling athletes who have fantastic ball skills. And then the odd phenomenon like Brooke. Lomu. Mcaw. Carter. Better than comparing players and teams across eras - I’ve often had this thought - that it would be very interesting to have a version of the game that is closer to its original form. What would the game look like today if the rules were rolled back. Not rules that promote safety obviously - but rules like: - a try being worth 1 point and conversion 2 points. Hence the term “try”. Earning a try at goals. Would we see more attacking play? - no lifting in the lineouts. - rucks and break down laws in general. They looked like wrestling matches in bygone eras. I wonder what a game applying 1995 rules would look like with modern players. It may be a daft exercise, but it would make for an interesting spectacle celebrating “purer” forms of the game that roll back the rules dramatically by a few versions. Would we come to learn that some of the rules/combinations of the rules we see today have actually made the game less attractive? I’d love to see an exhibition match like that.

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