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https://www.sports.legal/2023/10/crossing-the-line-criminal-liability-on-the-field-of-play/ Found this an interesting article on the...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/68703467

Correction in my post.

Harlequins YC was allowed back three minutes early.

I think so. Just to clarify because I don't think I was clear. There are now 2 types of RCs in super rugby: 1. If the ref shows a YC for...

Thanks for info. Is the 20 min RC seen as a success and widely supported?

Equally fair comment.

Doesn’t sufficiently punish outright thuggery? E.G. select a player to take out the game winning goal kicker? Just a thought off the cuff.

I don’t think anyone is against RCs. We all want the game to be safer and correct techniques to be encouraged by their appropriate...

That’s the sort of approach I was suggesting, but not in so much detail.:) No process or sanction is ever straightforward in our game...

The problem with that Dixpat, is that red cards are being handed out for the result of minor misjudgments and timing errors more often...

The top end of the professional game does have fewer RCs than a few years ago. I think this is because they realised that they were...

Well written Ian. I concur.

Everything highlighted in red And about bloody time too. But especially the following Red cards that reduce a team to 14 players for...

In the version of the laws prior to the simplification the mention of awarding a penalty at the place of restart after a dead ball was...