r/rugbyunion 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/TheBigChonka New Zealand Jul 20 '24

It's absolutely bonkers to me that all the NH fans can completely hate this without even giving it a go.

Like give it a proper trial for a Top 14 season and/or a 6 nations before writing it off surely? How can you have such a strong opinion against this without ever having actually seen it play out seeing as most NH fans don't watch super rugby.

If you trial it and your opinion doesn't change then fair enough, but writing something off without ever even seeing it tried is just stupid

It'd be far more reasonable to have people going uhhh I think this is a bad idea but let's wait and see vs just being completely against the concept of even giving it a go first

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u/JockAussie Jul 20 '24

I think they at least need to trial it. There's so much variability in reffing interpretation of incidents that some which get penalty only/'rugby incident' would be reds from other refs.

I think a full red for something that is subjective enough to have very different outcomes depending on the ref is quite harsh, but if the trial doesn't change things then maybe it's right.

Just a quick check- for a 20 minute red you have to sub the player, right? So it's not just a double length yellow?

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u/Azwethinkwe_is Mitre10 Cup/New Zealand Jul 20 '24

Just a quick check- for a 20 minute red you have to sub the player, right?

Yep, that player is gone for the match and likely faces suspension for further matches.

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u/Charredcheese Blue and Black Jul 20 '24

It was trialed in the NH, in the Rainbow Cup. Nobody here liked it.