#2. Owen Farrell
Owens said: “I had a couple of conversations with him on his tackle technique when he was England captain,” recalled the now-retired referee.
“I told him that if he was going in high and he gets it wrong, he would be in trouble.
“And, also, when the shoulder hits, your arm should be there wrapping in that split-second, simultaneously. You can’t have your arm down below as an afterthought.
“I had that conversation with him. If that’s his tackling technique, he needs to change or address that. He’s not the only one, of course. But, otherwise, you’ll end up with a red card but also you have got to think of the other player’s safety.
“I don’t know whether him driving up through the tackle is a rugby league influence – there are a lot of rugby league coaches in the game now. But if you get that technique wrong, you’ll be in trouble.”
