Leinster star JamesLowe has expressed some concern about the current state of rugby and feels "the game is in a confusing place at the moment" ... "As a tackler, you have a duty of care every time you go into contact," Lowe said.
In purely pragmatic terms, Leo Cullen will be pleased that as one winger, Jordan Larmour, goes down with injury another, JamesLowe, makes his return from a calf issue for Leinster’s visit to Leicester on Friday night for the Champions Cup.
JamesLowe is a late replacement for MackHansen at the Ireland press conference on Tuesday ... Lowe, who will win his 43rd cap against South Africa today, spoke last spring about the new escorting laws and how it has affected catching technique.
It’s doubtful any player could have encapsulated this more than JamesLowe, though like his head coach, the Irish left winger was of the view that Ireland needed to score more than three points in the third quarter when largely in the ascendancy.
JamesLowe has had his calm before the storm of a new rugby season ... But Lowe is ready and pumped ... I’m going to base ourselves there, 360,” says Lowe ... But it is one Lowe will remember for some time and maybe learn to love. “It was good,” said Lowe.