Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
World Rugby have announced a series of law trials to take effect 1 August 2017 in the Northern Hemishere and 1 January 2018 in the Southern Hemisphere.
Some of the highlights:
scrum half may align his shoulder with the mid-line of the scrum, but must put the ball in straight (yeah right)
no signal from the referee to feed the ball (finally)
a player from the team putting the ball in must strike for the ball
tackler must now go through the gate
only 1 player needed to form a ruck
can't kick the ball forward from a ruck
Full text of changes:
http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/world-rugby-add-six-amended-laws-to-global-trial-20170720
Some of the highlights:
scrum half may align his shoulder with the mid-line of the scrum, but must put the ball in straight (yeah right)
no signal from the referee to feed the ball (finally)
a player from the team putting the ball in must strike for the ball
tackler must now go through the gate
only 1 player needed to form a ruck
can't kick the ball forward from a ruck
Full text of changes:
http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/world-rugby-add-six-amended-laws-to-global-trial-20170720