World Rugby have launched a new simplified rule book will be introduced globally from January 1st 2018 in which the game's laws will become clearer….
Approved at the November World Rugby Council meeting, the simplified law book is designed to make the laws easier to understand while not altering the meaning of them or how the game is played.
Probably the most complicated rule book in World Sport has just got a good deal clearer (allegedly…)
42% clearer to be exact, as World Rugby announced that a new simplified version will be introduced globally in the New Year.
Rugby’s often byzantine laws have been bemusing players and fans alike for decades, with referee interpretation and regional emphasis making it sometimes seem like a different game is being played from one match to the next.
“What was that for?” is probably the most commonly heard phrase at every blast of the referee’s whistle, as the man in charge decides which of scores of offences to punish at every tackle, scrum, ruck or maul.
Some light reading, you can download the NEW Simplified Law Book Here.
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