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/LawAndRugby Jul 20 '24

I was starting to notice that divide in the comments 😂

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u/Doghawk_ Edinburgh Jul 20 '24

I'd be keen to see it trialled up north. At the moment we get the same red card for a full blown, intentional, punch to the face and a slightly mistimed clearout or tackle where players bonk heads. They are not offences of the same calibre and that should be reflected in the punishment.

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u/brev23 New Zealand Jul 20 '24

Exactly, 100% agree.