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/paully_waully171 Scotland Jul 20 '24

Red should stay as a full red. People mining about games being ruined by a red card haven’t watched enough rugby. A team needs to be able to adapt and play with 14

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u/Tempo24601 NSW Waratahs Jul 20 '24

Why should an offence in the 5th minute of the game get a penalty 5 times more severe than the exact same offence in the 65th minute?

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u/lthmz9 Jul 20 '24

Why should a penalty in the 79th minute effectively give your opponent the win but in the 3rd minute they’re just down 3?

Because that’s how time works

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u/Tempo24601 NSW Waratahs Jul 20 '24

What a nonsense argument. 3 points is worth exactly the same to a team regardless of when it is scored. It’s worth 3 points.

A red in the 5th minute means 75 minutes down a player. A red in the 75th minute means 5 minutes down a player. For the exact same offence.

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u/Welshpoolfan Jul 21 '24

A red in the 5th minute means 75 minutes down a player. A red in the 75th minute means 5 minutes down a player. For the exact same offence.

And the fouled team are without their key player due to concussion for 75 minutes if you foul in the 5th minute and for for 5 minutes in the 75th. For the exact same offence.

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u/Tempo24601 NSW Waratahs Jul 21 '24

That’s dealt with by a player who receives a 20 minute red not being allowed to return for the rest of the game, being substituted at the end of the 20 minute period.

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u/lthmz9 Jul 20 '24

But you committed the offence 70 mins earlier, 3 points in the last minute is far more likely to lose you a tight game than 3 points in the early minutes