- Thu May 28, 2020 7:07 pm
#12704
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/52833173
Among the law trials:
Removing scrum resets.
Taking away the option of a scrum for a penalty, a free-kick, or when an attacker is held-up in-goal.
Reinforcing high tackle guidelines to reduce face-to-face contact and the introduction of an "orange card" for potential red-card offences.
The player is removed with the offence checked by the Television Match Official. If deemed a red card offence, the player doesn't return. If not, they return after 15 minutes.
Removing the choke tackle, with referees calling a "tackle" rather than a "maul".
Awarding a free-kick rather than a scrum for when a team fails to "use it" at a scrum, ruck, or maul.
Speeding up rucks by cutting the "use it" time from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.
Restricting the number of players who can join a maul and the time spent in the maul.
Thoughts ?
Among the law trials:
Removing scrum resets.
Taking away the option of a scrum for a penalty, a free-kick, or when an attacker is held-up in-goal.
Reinforcing high tackle guidelines to reduce face-to-face contact and the introduction of an "orange card" for potential red-card offences.
The player is removed with the offence checked by the Television Match Official. If deemed a red card offence, the player doesn't return. If not, they return after 15 minutes.
Removing the choke tackle, with referees calling a "tackle" rather than a "maul".
Awarding a free-kick rather than a scrum for when a team fails to "use it" at a scrum, ruck, or maul.
Speeding up rucks by cutting the "use it" time from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.
Restricting the number of players who can join a maul and the time spent in the maul.
Thoughts ?