Eddie Jones has been in the ear of England rugby's referees boss to try to sort out his team's breakdown issues in the run‑up to next year's World Cup.
Jones met with Tony Spreadbury, the RFU's head of professional game match officials, and asked for the whistleblowers to allow more of a contest at the breakdowns in the English Premiership.
He fears England refereeing interpretations aren't helping his players and that it could take a year to adjust.
Much of his concerns lie with the "jackal" technique of the tackler attempting to snare possession from the opponent he has just lowered.
The English Premiership starts this weekend and plenty of focus will fall on the tackle and breakdown situations.
The Telegraph highlighted the difference in the amount of jackalling attempts between the English Premiership and the Pro14 which is played in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Italy and South Africa. Statistics showed that last season, there were 42.3 rucks per jackal turnover in the English Premiership compared with 35.3 in the Pro14.
England are facing a challenging block of tests when they resume in November.
They host the Springboks, All Blacks, Wallabies and Japan on consecutive weekends at Twickenham with Jones under pressure to deliver results after losing five of their last six tests and surrendering the Six Nations title.
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