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Thumbs-up for law variations
The International Rugby Board have approved a 12-month global trial of Experimental Law Variations from August 1.
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The International Rugby Board have approved a 12-month global trial of Experimental Law Variations from August 1.
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Comments
Fred Wild says...
Terrible ideas- they take away from the spirit of the game. Increasing the number of free kicks and reducing the number of set-pieces will decrease the popularity in grassroots rugby, which in the long-term will have a bad effect on the whole English game. Pulling down the mauls will detract from a serious part of the game, one of the many tactical aspects unique to the sport. So many of these rules have been created in mind of the Southern Hemisphere teams that cannot hope to match Northern forward dominance (Australia vs England RWC 2007 anyone?), so they replace many of the key scrums with free kicks. What really annoys me most about these new rules is that they take away some of the key individuality of rugby as a sport. Reducing the number of scrums is counter- productive to the popularity of the sport.
Posted 20:50 1st May 2008
James Knight says...
No problem at all with reviewing the game, but 23 laws at a sitting is a bit ambitious! I would wonder why the knock on still has place in the game. Why stop the game just because a ball is dropped? In the Heineken on Sunday,Munster and Saracens going great guns, theres a ruck and the Munster scrum half knocs the ball on at least 3 inches-game stops and a scrum has to set. If it's recovered without any unfair advantage and was an accident -just play on. If done deliberately or an advantage is gained then penalise.
Posted 19:11 1st May 2008
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