kicked to touch

So not only will illegal play be penalised by surrendering possession of the ball, but now ground will also be surrendered (and possession) when the ball is kicked to touch.

Not that I'm old enough, but nothing I've previously read suggests that the game was "dying on its feet" - in the days before the game that Rees mentions Wales saw the teamsheets and realised that their two locks were much taller than the Scottish pair, and so kicked to touch much more than usual.