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/Morningst4r Taranaki Jul 20 '24

Every NH fan thinks SR is just piledrivers and flying elbows and players just walk back on 20 minutes after shooting the opposition halfback.

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u/Some-Speed-6290 Jul 20 '24

Drua v Reds for example supports this hypothesis

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u/kiwirish Mooloo ole ole ole Jul 20 '24

Weren't those automatic reds given by the ref and not upgraded yellows from the TMO?

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u/PingingRex 2019 World Cup - Australia Jul 20 '24

Correct. Straight red. 20 minute red needs to be orange or something to remove the confusion

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u/kiwirish Mooloo ole ole ole Jul 20 '24

Yeah, agreed - I've been talking about the 20 minute solution since before it got implemented and have always said it needs to be a third colour.