Locke

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Super Rugby has announced a number of law trials for the 2023 season, including giving the TMO 8 minutes from when a YC is issued to upgrade it to a 20-minute red card. The goal is to let the referee more quickly issue yellow cards and also issue “permanent” red cards for clear acts of foul play warranting a send-off.
Link to the full list of law variations: https://super.rugby/superrugby/documents/media-files/super-rugby-pacific-2023-law-modifications/
Link to the announcement: https://super.rugby/superrugby/news/super-rugby-pacific-announces-law-innovations-for-2023-season/- Referees can utilise the TMO to make a Yellow Card decision, but any extended TMO video reviews will take place once the player has left the field, not before the Yellow Card is issued.
• The TMO will have 8 minutes to either uphold a 10-minute Yellow Card decision or upgrade it to a 20-minute Red Card, in which case the player will not return to the field, but can still be replaced.
• Referees will now also have the power to issue a full Red Card for deliberate foul play, in which case the player will not return to the field and cannot be replaced.
Link to the full list of law variations: https://super.rugby/superrugby/documents/media-files/super-rugby-pacific-2023-law-modifications/