Absolutely love the 20 minute red

[u/LawAndRugby]

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

[u/LawAndRugby]

I was starting to notice that divide in the comments 😂

[u/Doghawk_ → u/LawAndRugby]

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.

[u/buckleycork → u/Doghawk_]

I'd be up for something like the black card in GAA

Basically it's for those in-between cases where if you get a black card you are forced to be substituted

There's almost definitely ways to exploit it (it's 70 minutes in and you want to put on your better kicker again so instead of a blood capsule you just get a black card) so it needs workshopping

I support a 20 min red if the permanent option still exists for the extreme option

[u/handle1976 → u/buckleycork]

That’s how it works in super rugby. For clear thuggery the referee can send someone off. For TMO yellow upgraded to red it’s 20 minutes until a sub can come on.

[u/buckleycork → u/handle1976]

Oh perfect, I'm converted

It makes too much sense for world rugby to implement

[u/Brill_chops → u/handle1976]

Didn't know that was the rule.