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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 967071" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>Exactly this.</p><p>I don't recall a single red this year that shouldn't have been red in 2015 most should have been red in 2011 or 1991 - even if they would have been more likely to get away with it.</p><p></p><p>Yellows are a different matter on this, as mitigation that would (probably) have reduced it to a penalty now only reduce to a yellow.</p><p></p><p>Hitting someone in the head has been illegal in rugby since I started watching in 1987. There's just less leeway, less mitigation, and more scrutiny these days. Laws have changed for hitting someone at the top of the shoulder, on taking someone in the air, on lifting in the tackle etc, but the head has always been officially off limits. It's just being done more with less chance of getting away with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 967071, member: 73592"] Exactly this. I don't recall a single red this year that shouldn't have been red in 2015 most should have been red in 2011 or 1991 - even if they would have been more likely to get away with it. Yellows are a different matter on this, as mitigation that would (probably) have reduced it to a penalty now only reduce to a yellow. Hitting someone in the head has been illegal in rugby since I started watching in 1987. There's just less leeway, less mitigation, and more scrutiny these days. Laws have changed for hitting someone at the top of the shoulder, on taking someone in the air, on lifting in the tackle etc, but the head has always been officially off limits. It's just being done more with less chance of getting away with it. [/QUOTE]
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