World Rugby to consider a proposal to globally trial a new variation of red card laws successfully implemented in Super Rugby
World Rugby to consider a proposal to globally trial new variation of the red card laws successfully implemented in Super RugbySam Cane looks on during the World Cup final against South Africa in Paris after he received a red card for an accidental head collision. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
The joy of playing and watching rugby is that our attacking players are moving at high speed, in a chaotic unpredictable environment, making split-second decisions centimetres before making contact with an opposition player, who is attempting to physically take them to the ground, while functioning in the same chaotic state.
For more than a century it was an exceptionally rare and shameful occurrence for an international player to be sent from the field because it was usually for an act of real violence. The motivation for all of these changes to sanctions was aimed at delivering justice to our players, spectators and supporters.
Crucially the trial law provides justice to the game, because every player who has ever laced up a boot understands that there is a huge difference between reckless, deliberate or dangerous body contact and accidents when players simply get their time and space wrong.
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