Have you tried so hard to memorize the rules of rugby to accurately follow the 2023 World Cup in France? You’ll have to do some digging through your files during the fall tour. On Saturday, November 9, at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), the Blues will have a double mission: face Japan – the first of their three opponents of the month – and adapt to some small modifications in the bible of his sport.
Scorers will only have sixty seconds to attempt a conversion (compared to ninety seconds in the past), while throw-ins and scrums must be completed in less than thirty seconds. Aside from forcing players in the huddle to quickly return to their roles, these first two changes shouldn’t have too many impacts. Unlike the third. In between the yellow card (exclusion for ten minutes) and the red card (total exclusion), a new addition appears in the referees’ pocket: the red card for twenty minutes.
The player in front of whom it is swung will be asked to leave the field and not return during the game. But your team will not be penalized as much as for a “normal” red card, since you will have the possibility of bringing in a substitute twenty minutes later. On Thursday, November 14, the 53 members of the World Rugby council – the body that governs world rugby – will vote in favor of whether or not to generalize this system, aimed at limiting the number of matches that end with a team outnumbered and Therefore, the unbalanced parties.
“Our priority is to protect the players”
“Any act of deliberately dangerous play will be sanctioned with a permanent red card.”specifies World Rugby in World. The temporary exclusion would occur due to “Technical errors leading to unfair play”such as accidental contact with the head during a tackle. In this second case, the “bunker” – a video referee in charge of making a decision while the match resumes, another recent invention – would review in detail the action considered illegal by the field referee, to decide between a yellow card or a yellow card. twenty minutes. red minute
This card will be the same color as the one that permanently excludes a player. “It is not necessary to show an orange card since the referee’s explanation will be given via broadcast and in the stadiums”details the international organization. It remains to be seen how his clarifications will be received in the stands, while a “deliberately dangerous act of gambling” not always distinguished from a “technical error” in rugby.
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