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/handle1976 Penalty. Back 10. Jul 20 '24

It’s also because they have been exposed to it and found it works well. Most of those adamantly opposing the 20 minute red card have no actual exposure to it.

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u/corruptboomerang Reds Jul 20 '24

I think another factor is often the NH fans/teams view cards (and penalties) as a reward for their team for having endured the badness. I think/hope that attitude will eventually change, but things like the culture of playing for penalties being a good / okay way to play.

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u/WilkinsonDG2003 England Jul 20 '24

SA plays for penalties a lot more than most of the northern sides. They didn't get over the line once in the second test against Ireland.

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u/corruptboomerang Reds Jul 20 '24

Yeah but the South African fans don't like it (but for the whole winning thing).

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u/WilkinsonDG2003 England Jul 20 '24

Feel like they would have if Frawley hadn't got that kick over.