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Smaller ball in women's rugby: England players give verdict (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Pros obviously learned on the larger ball. I'd like to hear the grassroots opinion more!

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[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

One of England's kickers, Helena Rowland, has found a much bigger margin for error with the smaller ball, saying: "If you get it slightly wrong, the difference is massive."

The fly-half says England players have noticed passes "dying", falling to the floor earlier than expected, "which they wouldn't have done previously".

Is that meant to say a much smaller margin for error with the smaller ball (or that the normal ball has a smaller margin for error than the new ball)? I tried to find the quote somewhere else, but this Beeb article seems to be the source.