What Joel Jutge has said about orange card idea for Rugby World Cup
World Rugby is considering adopting orange cards for the World Cup, according to Joel Jutge, the governing body’s head of match officials. A form of the yellow card review system is currently being trialled in Super Rugby Pacific and it could be fast-tracked into the global showpiece hosted by France this autumn.
While players can still be given a red card for instances of foul play, the referee has the option of showing a yellow that can then be upgraded to red on review by the TMO.
The idea of the initiative is to speed up the game by reducing the number of on-field replays of incidents while also dealing with contentious decisions, such as the dismissal of England full-back Freddie Steward against Ireland last month.
Steward was controversially sent off for a dangerous challenge on Hugo Keenan during the March 18 Six Nations encounter in Dublin, but the card was subsequently rescinded by a disciplinary panel.
“This is an operation being tested in Super Rugby,” World Rugby’s Jutge told Midi Olympique.
“In the event of a 50-50 decision, the referee has the possibility of giving a yellow card so that the game can resume as soon as possible, while the TMO has 10 minutes of temporary expulsion to decide whether this should be turned into a permanent expulsion. We would give orange cards, clearly.”
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You're way off/behind JW. 'Current' not 'Former' analyst firstly.
Yes in that July series tries did reflect the opportunities NZ created, secondly.
Go to commentsWhat do you mean by forced their way through JPM? Into the CC? I didn’t follow the story when SA joined the North at the time - but I doubt SA could have forced much as the North call all the shots. And rightfully so, it is their territory.
SA rugby needs to obviously work on its competitiveness North, and divorcing from the system will only be unnecessarily disruptive for Everyone.
Saw the draws for the CC and EPCR now. I guess the Sharks, Bulls and Stormers will be targeting a win there. Which, strategically, might make more sense in the short term.
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