Six Nations sees FIVE never-before-seen rules introduced for 2025 including 20-minute red cards and no ‘escorts’

NEW rules, a little terrible disciplinary strategy and adjacent a high-tech improvement.

That's what you'll spot connected show astatine this season's Six Nations, which gets underway successful Paris tonight.

Ireland, who footwear disconnected their tourney against England connected Saturday, volition look to go the first-ever squad to triumph THREE STRAIGHT titles.

The next 5 weeks volition supply a glut of rugby for fans to feast their eyes on.

Although players and fans alike volition person to get utilized to respective changes this tournament.

And SunSport is connected manus to tally done the changes you'll spot successful this season’s competiion.

20-minute reddish cards

The astir contentious change, pushed done contempt the objections of Ireland and France, volition spot accidental caput interaction offences punished little draconically.

While players adjudged blameworthy of caput interaction “technical offences” volition not beryllium allowed to instrumentality to the tract they tin beryllium replaced aft 20 minutes.

Plenty of coaches had complained that dismissals for accidental interaction had ruined excessively galore games though the Irish and French argued that subordinate information would beryllium compromised.

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If a subordinate is sent disconnected for deliberate oregon unsafe play, they cannot beryllium replaced.

Scrum-half protection

The offside enactment for opponents is present the mid-point of the scrum, alternatively than the backmost ft of the No 8.

That means scrum halves volition present beryllium capable to play without unit arsenic opponents are not allowed wrong a metre until the shot is out.

Conversion changeable clock

Kickers volition person 60 seconds to tag connected the other 2 points, matching the bounds for punishment goals.

Teams volition lone person 30 seconds to signifier a line-out oregon scrum.

Aerial tennis - and nary “escorts”

The caller offside law, introduced for the Autumn Series and present being utilized successful the Six Nations for the archetypal time, means players are nary longer played onside erstwhile the hostile nether a precocious shot has made 5 metres.

Players successful beforehand of the footwear indispensable retreat.

But team-mates of the catcher - “escorts” - volition beryllium penalised if they artifact disconnected attacking runners to marque it easier to tract the ball.

Line-out technology

The ball, with a “Touchfinder” spot inside, volition beryllium tracked by machine to guarantee the line-out takes spot wherever the shot crossed the touchline.