Two nations person spoken retired against the imperishable usage of the caller card
- Henry Tomlinson, Freelance Sports Reporter
- Published: 19:00, 18 Oct 2024
- Updated: 19:00, 18 Oct 2024
RUGBY is acceptable to present a 2nd reddish paper arsenic portion of a never-before-seen rule.
The caller paper volition beryllium trialled successful the 2024 Autumn National Series.
There volition beryllium a large quality betwixt the caller reddish paper and the pre-existing one.
The referee volition inactive beryllium capable to crockery retired reddish cards that volition region players for the remainder of the crippled and permission a squad a antheral down.
However, the caller reddish volition springiness them the enactment to nonstop a subordinate disconnected for 20 minutes.
Once the clip play is over, the offending squad tin nonstop connected a replacement player.
The imperishable reddish paper would beryllium utilized for foul play deemed to beryllium "deliberate and dangerous".
But with "technical offices" past the 20 infinitesimal reddish paper tin beryllium used.
World Rugby are believed to beryllium readying a gathering adjacent period successful which the caller paper volition beryllium discussed.
Sky Sports person claimed that the governing body could marque it the lone reddish paper "available to referees".
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The Irish Rugby Football Union and the French Rugby Federation person some travel retired against the imperishable usuage of the caller card.
However, it is said that they are blessed for it to beryllium utilized successful the Autumn Nations Series.
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An IRFU connection read: "The IRFU does not enactment the imperishable adoption of a 20-minute reddish card.
"Player payment and information are paramount to the halfway values of the game, and the enactment of a imperishable reddish paper for deliberate and intentional acts of foul play supports those values and protects the integrity of the game.
"The IRFU welcomes the saltation to World Rugby‘s closed instrumentality trial, which volition beryllium adopted successful the upcoming Autumn Nations Series."
The FRF claimed that the imperishable inclusion of the 20-minute reddish paper would beryllium "unacceptable and backwards".
Chief of rugby at Six Nations Rugby Julie Paterson, however, defended the trial.
She said: "No proceedings oregon consequent alteration is considered without utter assurance that subordinate information and payment is beforehand and centre.
"First and foremost, we request to look aft the players and their interests, and the trials we person opted to usage this November present connected this commitment."
Autumn Series fixtures
Saturday, November 2
- 3.10pm: England vs New Zealand, Twickenham Stadium
- 5.40pm: Scotland vs Fiji, Murrayfield
Friday, November 8
- 8.10pm: Ireland vs New Zealand, Aviva Stadium
Saturday, November 9
- 3.10pm: England vs Australia, Twickenham
- 5.40pm: Italy vs Argentina, Stadio Friuli
- 8.10pm: France vs Japan, Stade de France
Sunday, November 10
- 1.40pm: Wales vs Fiji, Principality Stadium
- 4.10pm: Scotland vs South Africa, Murrayfield
Friday, November 15
- 8.10pm: Ireland vs Argentina, Aviva Stadium
Saturday, November 16
- 3.10pm: Scotland vs Portugal, Murrayfield
- 5.40pm: England vs South Africa, Twickenham
- 8.10pm: France vs New Zealand, Stade de France
Sunday, November 17
- 1.40pm: Italy vs Georgia, Stadio Luigi Ferraris
- 4.10pm: Wales vs Australia, Principality Stadium
Friday, November 22
- 8.10pm: France vs Argentina, Stade de France
Saturday, November 23
- 3.10pm: Ireland vs Fiji, Aviva Stadium
- 5.40pm: Wales vs South Africa, Principality Stadium
- 8.10pm: Italy vs New Zealand, Allianz Stadium, Turin
Sunday, November 24
- 1.40pm: Scotland vs Australia, Murrayfield
- 4.10pm: England vs Japan, Twickenham
Saturday, November 30
- 3.10pm: Ireland vs Australia, Aviva Stadium