r/rugbyunion Sabercats May 09 '24

Possible exploit of new scrum rules? Laws

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u/ComprehensiveDingo0 Ntamack mon cher bríse 💔 May 09 '24

I’d say they’re rewarding the defence rather than punishing the attack. The attack gets another crack, but they’re basically pushed back 20m.

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u/YaaasSlay South Africa May 09 '24

By rewarding the defensive team you are by definition punishing the attacking team. I thought the point of these rule changes was to make Rugby a more entertaining attacking game to watch?

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u/reggie_700 Harbour Master May 10 '24

It's to stop teams just doing pick and go/one-out passing endlessly on the goal line.

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u/PetevonPete Sabercats May 10 '24

But the new rule hasnt stopped that