He tackled Russell from a quick tap having not retreated. It was dumb.

It's a huge territory gain and gives them possession as well. What response is there?

Difficult the cover the space required with a man down when the opposition has ruthlessly exploited any space out wide. It's excellent play, obviously, but it's a law I will go to my grave believing it has no place in rugby so I'm predisposed to believe it's difficult thing to prevent in many circumstances. It is a huge momentum swing, either way.

He tackled Russell from a quick tap having not retreated. It was dumb.

Yeah, that is also a bad law change.

The majority of 50/22s come shortly after a team regains possession. It's harder to see the impact it's meant to have on the game when the primary occurrences are when good attacking ball is kicked away because the risk/reward ratio has been skewed massively in favour of kicking.

I've been banging on about these for ages and I can't wait for it to be reverted, even if I fully admire the skill behind it (alright, sometimes it's just a lucky bounce, but still!)

No no.

I mean - if the world 15 fly half is kicking 50-22s then don't give him the ball, and if you must then absolutely don't leave gaps all over the back field. He kicked what, 4 50-22s to the NE corner in the last 15 minutes? The response is to leave a winger back.

Either way I haven't seen a team being ripped to pieces by 50-22s like that in a short space. Of time at any point since the law was brought in. It was the equivalent of giving away a penalty in midfield, because they would never have kicked points anyway.

Before today I never had an issue with 50-22s but it was basically a cheat code for bath in those closing stages.