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

submitted 7 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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[–] Cryan24@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It feels a bit like they want union to become league.. someone has it in for the scrum.

[–] SineIraEtStudio@midwest.social 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

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 1 hour 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”?

[–] Cryan24@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

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