Four new laws - including conversion shot clocks and less penalising of crooked line-out throws - will be introduced into the game worldwide from January.

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

  • Cryan24@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    9 hours ago

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

    • SineIraEtStudio@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      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.caEnglish
        2·
        2 hours 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.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

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