World Rugby: New laws to be trialled worldwide (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 10 hours ago by Olap@lemmy.world to c/rugby@sh.itjust.works

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All about speeding up the game. The bigest culprit right now is the whistle however. Given the size of the bokkes forwards, anything to speed them up is a good idea. But I'm still dissapointed not to see at least 2 backs mandated on the bench, or a cut to it.

To reduce the whistle it might be time to warn specific players. One warning for giving away a penalty and then a yellow card. Might be funny to see teams at 10 players

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[-] SineIraEtStudio@midwest.social 1 points 8 hours ago

Are you referring to:

Scrum-halves will also be given more protection around scrums, rucks and mauls to ensure a supply of cleaner, quicker ball and faster phases of play.

Or something else? Didn't see anything else related to scrums in the article.

[-] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

Does that include stopping teams like Ireland and others from driving round the side of the ruck, flopping on the ball and pushing the 9 out of the way? How can that not be “playing the 9”?

[-] TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz 1 points 25 minutes ago

Yup, was trialled during Super Rugby and the 9 basically becomes a protected species; effectively you can't get in their way, drag them in, push them out, interfere with getting the ball away at all.

At times it felt like it was going too far but did make for cleaner ball and more play, less of the dumb stuff that just interrupts the action.

[-] Cryan24@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

It's that and the previous recent set of changes where there is no longer scrum option from a free kick.

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