The Irish Independent's Hugh Farrelly is worried by the IRB's latest hints of meddling with the game's laws.
"The 3.0am text is the technological equivalent of a desire that, in the old days, used to be reflected through the medium of lobbing pebbles at your target's bedroom window.
"And, in keeping with this general theme, we have the text the IRB sent out a week ago under the headline: "World's Top Coaches Buy In To Global Application Of Law".
"This low-key offering referred to a gathering in London involving various IRB representatives and senior coaches from all the major rugby playing nations including the head men of all the Six Nations teams."