World Rugby has announced a series of law changes aimed at speeding up the game and enhancing its global appeal with immediate effect. These include enforcing the 'use it' law, as detailed in Law 15.17, more strictly, with referees instructed to prompt players to use the ball more quickly during a ruck, starting a 5-second countdown. Other proposed changes are closing the Dupont kick chase loophole, removing the scrum option from free kicks, outlawing crocodile rolls, and considering the introduction of a 20-minute red card to 'dial up entertainment value'. The changes are expected to favor teams with a weaker scrum, significantly impacting strategies that have been pivotal in past successes, such as the Springboks' World Cup victories.
World Rugby appears set to make a radical change to the set-piece laws that favours teams with a weaker scrum, affecting a core part of the Springboks' World Cup double triumph. https://t.co/i3o3JW7J49
World Rugby could introduce 20-minute red card amid raft of law changes to 'dial up entertainment value' https://t.co/qhey7GhdLG https://t.co/TO8fyaHu94
Interesting… World Rugby to consider removing the scrum option after a free kick awarded at a scrum - to speed up the game. Thumbs up from me!
BREAKING: World Rugby has instructed referees to enforce the ‘use it’ law to speed up the game with immediate effect. Other new laws are being considered, including: - closing the Dupont kick chase loophole - removal of scrum option from free kicks - outlawing crocodile rolls
World Rugby reveals phased plan to enhance rugby’s global appeal. Among the measures: Law 15.17: Players will be expected to use the ball more quickly when the ball has been secured at a ruck. Refs will be asked to call “use it” earlier, which will begin the 5 second count.