Rugby tackles laws in bid to speed game up
Murray Wenzel
AAP
September 28, 2022 2:00PM
EXPERIMENTAL RUGBY RULES TO BE TRIALLED BY QUEENSLAND REDS:
* Five seconds to exit the ruck after referee calls to 'use it'
* 30 seconds to pack scrum from when mark is set
* 60 seconds to take penalty kicks, 90 seconds for conversions, 30 seconds to restart after a conversion
* 30 seconds to throw lineout from when mark is set.
All above infringements results in a tap only, no option to scrum.
* Scrum reset if no clear sanction in first instance, with a free kick to feeding team if it happens twice.
* Defending halfback cannot go beyond midline of scrum
* Only contested throws to lineout can be adjudicated as not straight
* Only players within the lineout formation can join a maul formed at a lineout
* Focus on tackler not rolling, must make effort to roll immediately towards sideline
* Deliberate knock down to be refereed as either a 'deliberate attempt to catch', or a 'deliberate attempt to knock down', which will result in a penalty kick
* Three phases and then advantage over, with territorial and tactical consideration at referees' discretion.
https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/ru...e-up-c-8383199
AAP
September 28, 2022 2:00PM
EXPERIMENTAL RUGBY RULES TO BE TRIALLED BY QUEENSLAND REDS:
* Five seconds to exit the ruck after referee calls to 'use it'
* 30 seconds to pack scrum from when mark is set
* 60 seconds to take penalty kicks, 90 seconds for conversions, 30 seconds to restart after a conversion
* 30 seconds to throw lineout from when mark is set.
All above infringements results in a tap only, no option to scrum.
* Scrum reset if no clear sanction in first instance, with a free kick to feeding team if it happens twice.
* Defending halfback cannot go beyond midline of scrum
* Only contested throws to lineout can be adjudicated as not straight
* Only players within the lineout formation can join a maul formed at a lineout
* Focus on tackler not rolling, must make effort to roll immediately towards sideline
* Deliberate knock down to be refereed as either a 'deliberate attempt to catch', or a 'deliberate attempt to knock down', which will result in a penalty kick
* Three phases and then advantage over, with territorial and tactical consideration at referees' discretion.
https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/ru...e-up-c-8383199