Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup - Ireland Press Conference - Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - October 18, 2019 Ireland's Johnny Sexton during the press conference REUTERS/Matthew Childs
TOKYO (Reuters) - The tackles that the All Blacks got away with in their victory over Ireland in Dublin in 2016 would have been red cards in today's game and probably changed World Rugby's thinking on high contact, Ireland flyhalf Johnny Sexton said on Friday.
"As far as that last game went, that was almost the turning point for a lot of the rule changes about high tackles," Sexton told reporters at Tokyo Stadium ahead of their World Cup quarter-final with the All Blacks on Saturday.
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