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[2015 TRC] South Africa v New Zealand in Johannesburg (25/07/2015)
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 735658" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>There is actually a Law that addresses this exact issue. It is commonly called the<em> "man-off rule"</em>.</p><p></p><p>[TEXTAREA]Law 3.5 (k) When 23 players are nominated for a match, or if the Union having jurisdiction over a</p><p>match or a match organiser decides that where uncontested scrums are ordered as a result</p><p>of there being no suitably trained and experienced front row replacement for any reason</p><p><strong>the team concerned shall not be entitled to replace the player whose departure caused</strong></p><p><strong>uncontested scrums.</strong>[/TEXTAREA]</p><p></p><p>Effectively this means that if you run out of front row players and have to go uncontested, you have to play with 14 players for the rest of the match. The Law was introduced after a number of incidents where coaches manipulated their front-row assets to get uncontested scrums when their pack was being mullered by the opposition. The most high profile of these was the 2008 Guinness Premiership final when Wasps intentionally fiddled their front row players to go uncontested when Leicester was getting the upper hand in the scrum.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/wasps-26-leicester-16-scrum-row-simmers-as-dallaglio-ends-on-high-note-838187.html" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/wasps-26-leicester-16-scrum-row-simmers-as-dallaglio-ends-on-high-note-838187.html</a></p><p></p><p>The problem is this bit of the Law....<em>"the Union having jurisdiction over a match or a match organiser decides..."</em> </p><p></p><p> WR has jurisdiction over all international matches, and they have decided in their infinite wisdom not to apply this Law at International level. </p><p></p><p>IMO, they should.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 735658, member: 20605"] There is actually a Law that addresses this exact issue. It is commonly called the[I] "man-off rule"[/I]. [TEXTAREA]Law 3.5 (k) When 23 players are nominated for a match, or if the Union having jurisdiction over a match or a match organiser decides that where uncontested scrums are ordered as a result of there being no suitably trained and experienced front row replacement for any reason [B]the team concerned shall not be entitled to replace the player whose departure caused uncontested scrums.[/B][/TEXTAREA] Effectively this means that if you run out of front row players and have to go uncontested, you have to play with 14 players for the rest of the match. The Law was introduced after a number of incidents where coaches manipulated their front-row assets to get uncontested scrums when their pack was being mullered by the opposition. The most high profile of these was the 2008 Guinness Premiership final when Wasps intentionally fiddled their front row players to go uncontested when Leicester was getting the upper hand in the scrum. [URL]http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/wasps-26-leicester-16-scrum-row-simmers-as-dallaglio-ends-on-high-note-838187.html[/URL] The problem is this bit of the Law....[I]"the Union having jurisdiction over a match or a match organiser decides..."[/I] WR has jurisdiction over all international matches, and they have decided in their infinite wisdom not to apply this Law at International level. IMO, they should. [/QUOTE]
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