This yr’s Six Nations will function 20-minute crimson playing cards for the primary time after the legislation variation was trialled through the November internationals, organisers stated.
Beneath the change, some crimson card offences will see a participant despatched to the sin bin for 20 minutes with the offender then in a position to get replaced on the sector by a teammate off the bench when the punishment has been accomplished.
Referees can nonetheless hand out everlasting crimson playing cards to cut back a workforce by a participant for the rest of the competition for offences deemed deliberate and with a excessive stage of hazard.
First launched in southern hemisphere competitors, 20-minute crimson playing cards will function within the males’s, girls’s and Beneath-20 Six Nations.
Final October, the proposed trial of the 20-minute crimson card in elite ranges of the sport drew criticism from French rugby chiefs saying it may encourage extra aggressive play and expose gamers to better threat of damage.
Chief of rugby at Six Nations Julie Paterson stated the legislation change and different trials had been amongst measures aimed toward clarifying areas of the sport for gamers and coaches in addition to enhancing the expertise for followers.
“The Autumn Nations Collection was an amazing case research for the progress that’s being made, and it’s going to be extremely thrilling to see this proceed and evolve by the Six Nations Championships,” Paterson stated in a press launch on Wednesday.
Amongst different measures, referees will likely be going “on mic” to clarify key choices and ‘contact finder’ know-how will likely be launched to help the selections of the match official, organisers stated.
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