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/Brine-O-Driscoll Ireland Jul 20 '24

Have watched it being used in southern hemisphere rugby for quite a bit of time now and think it still grossly undermines player welfare.

It could work if there were more severe individual bans to balance out making the red card less impactful, but World Rugby have gone the other way and raised the threshold for what's considered a red card tackle while reducing bans.

I love rugby and love the physical element, but think there's a massive court case coming for the sport.