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Law changes & trials for the next year.
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: May 10, 2024, 3:46 am
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From the Telegraph
HTML https://archive.ph/NCKCQ:
The key changes:
No more scrum from a Free Kick (negates what SA did in the World
Cup calling from scrums from a mark in their 22.)
"Dupont's Law" scrapped (players can't be put onside by the ball
catcher moving 5m or passing. They must retire/be put onside by
the kicker).
Crocodile Roll outlawed.
Those three law changes take effect July 1st.
Law trials:
Twenty-minute red cards, whereby the offending player can be
replaced after that period rather than permanently excluded and
which have been promoted by Super Rugby competitions over recent
years, are part of a suite of six ‘closed law trials’ that will
be used in World Rugby competitions, including the World U20
Championship, over the coming year.
There will also be a trial of automatic bans for certain
offences in a concerted move from World Rugby to streamline the
disciplinary process to avoid the confusion and inconsistency
that has marred the game in recent years.
The 20-minute red cards will be offset by a revised on- and
off-field sanctions process with suspensions attached to
offences. Days of mitigation for good behaviour at hearings or
for previously clean records could be gone.
Foul play, where a player has “attempted to affect a legal rugby
action” will bring about a two-week ban. Aggravated foul play,
involving “highly reckless” actions such as tucked arms,
shoulder-charges and spear tackles, will be worth four-week
suspensions. Mitigation will only come into force if there is an
appeal.
Teams in the U20 World Championships and in other World Rugby
competitions such as the Pacific Nations Cup and WXV will have
30 seconds to set scrums and line-outs. The shot clock for a
conversion will be reduced from 90 seconds to 60.
There is to be added protection for scrum-halves at the bases of
scrums, rucks and mauls, with the offside line for defending
scrum-halves moved back to the middle of the scrum.
Players will be able to mark the ball inside their own 22 from a
restart, which has been introduced to encourage short restarts
and discourage caterpillar rucks, which teams often use to clear
the ball down-field. Finally, mauls can only stop once before
the ball has to be played and, if line-outs are uncontested,
then throws cannot be called as ‘not straight’.
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Re: Law changes & trials for the next year.
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: May 10, 2024, 4:08 am
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De-powering of the scrum?
#Post#: 124373--------------------------------------------------
Re: Law changes & trials for the next year.
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: May 10, 2024, 5:30 am
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Not necessarily a fan of world rugby embracing all these fanbase
led laws. The bulk of people calling for these changes probably
have had no experience at grass roots level, with the bulk of
their rugby viewing coming on free to air tv for the 6 nations.
Not surprised rugby is flagging behind in popularity with a lot
of other sports with constant changes and tinkering.
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Re: Law changes & trials for the next year.
DIR By: poorfour
Date: May 10, 2024, 5:46 am
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--- Quote from: MaidstoneQuin link ---
>
> Not necessarily a fan of world rugby embracing all these
fanbase led laws. The bulk of people calling for these changes
probably have had no experience at grass roots level, with the
bulk of their rugby viewing coming on free to air tv for the 6
nations. Not surprised rugby is flagging behind in popularity
with a lot of other sports with constant changes and tinkering.
>
--- End Quote ---
Which sports would these be, then? On a global (and UK) scale,
rugby lags behind soccer, but that's largely because soccer has
been professional for 120 years and capitalised on the first
wave of satellite TV.
In terms of viewership it's one of a cluster of sports followed
by around 1 in 5 of the UK population, but in terms of tv
viewing it's 4th (after soccer, tennis, motorsport and cricket)
and for live viewing it's 3rd behind soccer and cricket.
HTML https://www.englandrugby.com/dxdam/df/df853a76-c8f8-45ae-a781-d40a779b577b/Rugby%20Audiences.pdf
That's not really "flagging in popularity" and I doubt the
tinkering with the rules has much to do with it anyway. Nearly
all of the law changes are aimed at one of two goals:
increasing the amount of ball in play time or reducing the
danger to players.
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Re: Law changes & trials for the next year.
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: May 10, 2024, 5:57 am
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--- Quote from: poorfour link ---
>
> Which sports would these be, then? On a global (and UK) scale,
rugby lags behind soccer, but that's largely because soccer has
been professional for 120 years and capitalised on the first
wave of satellite TV.
>
> In terms of viewership it's one of a cluster of sports
followed by around 1 in 5 of the UK population, but in terms of
tv viewing it's 4th (after soccer, tennis, motorsport and
cricket) and for live viewing it's 3rd behind soccer and
cricket.
HTML https://www.englandrugby.com/dxdam/df/df853a76-c8f8-45ae-a781-d40a779b577b/Rugby%20Audiences.pdf
>
> That's not really "flagging in popularity" and I doubt the
tinkering with the rules has much to do with it anyway. Nearly
all of the law changes are aimed at one of two goals:
increasing the amount of ball in play time or reducing the
danger to players.
>
--- End Quote ---
Rugby is the 7th most popular sport in the world overall, but is
way behind on social media type interest, which is where its at
for growing the sport to captivate interest. I did see a piece
on rugby inside line about it in relation to social media type
interactions, and rugby was way down the list compared to other
sports, with boxing/ufc/mma in particular captivating
audiences. My point is that with constant changing laws, people
who may be looking at getting into rugby may just think it's far
too confusing and get into something else. Also, it could be
argued the constant changing laws has led to a decline in
people wanting to play the game. Some evidence for that is
explained here:
HTML https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/decline-rugby-union-uk-connor-kendall
Of course its subjective and there are obviously other reasons
why there has been a massive drop in players taking up the game,
but if you were say 13/14 and maybe didn't have a family already
heavily invested in rugby, with whats on offer elsewhere, and
with I guess less poor management issues in general, you can see
why its a less attractive proposition to say UFC/boxing
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Re: Law changes & trials for the next year.
DIR By: never sleep
Date: May 10, 2024, 5:59 am
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The "Dupont's Law" scrapping is probably the most significant.
I think this was one of the laws that made the game baffling to
the occasional viewer. This will probably increase the
popularity of the game.
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Re: Law changes & trials for the next year.
DIR By: Quinky
Date: May 10, 2024, 4:48 pm
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"Mitigation will only come into force if there is an appeal."
This could see every single ban appealed, if players believe
they have nothing to lose by doing so.
#Post#: 124452--------------------------------------------------
Re: Law changes & trials for the next year.
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: May 10, 2024, 6:17 pm
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--- Quote from: Quinky link ---
>
> "Mitigation will only come into force if there is an appeal."
>
> This could see every single ban appealed, if players believe
they have nothing to lose by doing so.
>
--- End Quote ---
I thought that was a strange statement.
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Re: Law changes & trials for the next year.
DIR By: Banstead Quin
Date: May 11, 2024, 2:40 am
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I though this was thread to make sure Saracens players could
break the law with impunity
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Re: Law changes & trials for the next year.
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: May 11, 2024, 2:40 am
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There's the risk that if the appeal fails, the panel can choose
to increase the sanction "pour encourge les autres".
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