While much ink has been flowing for many weeks, the 20-minute red card rule should not be adopted before spring 2025. Currently being tested during the November tests, it should not be implemented during of the next 6 Nations Tournament.
While it has been on everyone’s lips for many weeks, the 20-minute red card rule could well wait before shaking up the world of oval football. While its possible adoption was to be on the table this November 14, the vote should be postponed as reported by our colleagues from Le Figaro and L’Équipe.
According to advice from World Rugby, it has not been tested enough on the international stage. The latter would like to suspend the red card for 20 minutes at least until spring 2025. If this information is true, the rule will not be put in place during the next Six Nations Tournament.
Just as a quick reminder, this rule allows the teams concerned to replace an excluded player with another player after 20 minutes spent at fourteen. In other words: if your core formation receives a red card in the 5th minute, it will be able to play again with fifteen from the 25th.
Last weekend, Fiji were the first selection to “take advantage” of this rule after the red card received by Semi Radradra.
The FFR, the LNR and Provale do not want the 20-minute red card
A little less than a month ago, the French authorities communicated to express their opposition to this new rule.
“The FFR, LNR and Provale strongly oppose the adoption of the 20-minute red card rule and call on World Rugby to rely on evidence before modifying such a crucial sanction, particularly regarding the impact on player safety Indeed, the testing of this rule modification in four competitions for which the data collected remains insufficient cannot be considered a convincing reason for improvement to consider global implementation. For example: during the Championship. of the World U20, only three red cards were distributed, making the findings insignificant” we could read.
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