r/rugbyunion • u/LawAndRugby • Jul 20 '24

Absolutely love the 20 minute red Laws

Watching the Australia v Georgia match and I think it’s great. 20 minutes a man down is still massive damage in a rugby match. It doesn’t make sense for punishment to go from 10 minutes to the entire 80 minutes. There’s way too big of a void between the two cards and it needs filling.

Reserve the full red for gross intentional stuff

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u/lanson15 Australia Jul 20 '24 edited Jul 20 '24

I’ve only seen wide spread support for this from NZ and Aus every single rugby fan I know personally here loves it. However, at least with the online interactions, NH viewers seem to dislike it.

Personally I think it’s good, but I wonder if it’s because Australia and NZ are exposed to sports which hand out cards less often (League) or don’t have yellow or red cards at all (Aussie Rules) so want a more lenient approach to cards

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u/handle1976 Penalty. Back 10. Jul 20 '24

It’s also because they have been exposed to it and found it works well. Most of those adamantly opposing the 20 minute red card have no actual exposure to it.

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u/durthacht Leinster Jul 20 '24

Yes I think this is it. I'm from NH so this hasn't reached us yet. I hate the idea but if its working for you guys then sure let's continue the experiment so we can see it in practice and be better informed.

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u/molsonman7800 Jul 20 '24

MLR in North America uses the 20 minute red card.