Six Nations red card rules – what is the new 20-minute red card rule?

THE SIX NATIONS 2025 volition spot a fig of regularisation changes, with the 20-minute reddish paper being introduced, aft a palmy proceedings during the Autumn Nations Series.

The 20-minute rule is 1 of a big of caller regulations that volition beryllium utilized during this years iteration of the Six Nations.

English fans volition cognize excessively good the harm a reddish paper tin do, arsenic successful 2023 they saw Freddie Stewart controversially dismissed successful Dublin, arsenic they mislaid to Ireland.

What is the 20-minute reddish paper rule?

One happening volition stay the aforesaid with the caller rule, and that is that erstwhile a subordinate has been shown a reddish card, they volition nary longer beryllium allowed to instrumentality to the tract of play.

In cases the referee deems to beryllium a method foul, specified arsenic accidental caput contact, the referee tin springiness a subordinate a 20-minute reddish card.

This means that portion the subordinate sent disconnected volition stay sent off, the squad tin regenerate that subordinate with a replacement aft 20 minutes.

Fiji's Semi Radradra was fixed the archetypal 20-minute reddish paper successful the bluish hemisphere, seeing his archetypal yellowish paper aboriginal upgraded to a 20-minute reddish successful a trial vs Wales.

Referees volition inactive beryllium capable to nonstop players disconnected permanently.

Are determination immoderate different caller rules to know?

A caller regularisation to support the 9 astatine the scrum has been introduced:

• The regularisation states a scrum fractional volition not beryllium capable to beryllium played the shot portion it is inactive successful a tackle, ruck oregon maul.
• The absorption scrum fractional offside enactment volition beryllium the mediate of the tunnel, limiting their quality to support a scrum

New timing limits connected mounting lineouts, scrums, and taking conversions and penalties:

• A squad volition person a maximum of 30 seconds to acceptable a scrum oregon lineout
• Players volition lone person 60 seconds for a conversion pursuing the scoring of a try, reduced from 90 seconds

Lineout rules:

• Play connected astatine a lineout if the shot is not straight, but lone if the shot is unconstested

How to ticker the Six Nations

The Six Nations volition commencement connected Friday, January 31st, arsenic Wales instrumentality connected France successful Paris astatine 8:15pm GMT. The crippled volition beryllium unrecorded connected ITV.

England's archetypal crippled is distant successful Dublin astatine 4:45pm GMT, unrecorded connected ITV.

Both the BBC and ITV volition beryllium showing the Six Nations, present is simply a afloat database of which crippled is connected which channel:

Round 1:

• France vs Wales - Jan 31, 8:15pm GMT - ITV
• Scotland vs Italy - Feb 1, 2:15pm GMT - BBC
• England vs Ireland - Feb 1, 4:45pm GMT - ITV

Round 2:

• Italy vs Wales - Feb 8, 2:15pm GMT - ITV
• England vs France - Feb 8, 4:45pm GMT - ITV
• Scotland vs Ireland - Feb 9, 3pm GMT - BBC

Round 3:

• Wales vs Ireland - Feb 22, 2:15pm GMT - BBC
• England vs Scotland - Feb 22, 4:45pm GMT- ITV
• Italy vs France - Feb 23, 3pm GMT - ITV

Round 4:

• Ireland vs France - Mar 8, 2:15pm GMT - ITV
• Scotland vs Wales - Mar 8, 4:45pm GMT - BBC
• England vs Italy - Mar 9, 3pm GMT - ITV

Round 5:

• Italy vs Ireland - Mar 15, 2:15pm GMT - ITV
• Wales vs England - Mar 15, 4:45pm GMT - BBC
• France vs Scotland - Mar 15, 8pm GMT - ITV