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As usual I will start a thread about the annual Varsity Cup that is being played in South Africa.
This tournament has been one of the areas where World Rugby likes to experiment with new innovative ideas and see whether it can be implemented into test matches and premier tournaments such as Super Rugby and the European Championships.
This year the focus will be on try scoring and this is how it is being broken down:
5-point try: If you win possession inside your opponent's 22 area and score a try.
7-point try: If you win possession between the Halfway line and your opponent's 22 area and score a try.
9-point try: If you win possession inside your own half and score a try.
Conversions will remain 3 points.
So basically the maximum you could score for a converted try is 12 points.
http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/VarsityCup/world-rugby-excited-by-varsity-cup-changes-20160125
This tournament has been one of the areas where World Rugby likes to experiment with new innovative ideas and see whether it can be implemented into test matches and premier tournaments such as Super Rugby and the European Championships.
This year the focus will be on try scoring and this is how it is being broken down:
5-point try: If you win possession inside your opponent's 22 area and score a try.
7-point try: If you win possession between the Halfway line and your opponent's 22 area and score a try.
9-point try: If you win possession inside your own half and score a try.
Conversions will remain 3 points.
So basically the maximum you could score for a converted try is 12 points.
A new spell of possession will start after every break in play - which includes scrums and lineouts.
If a side wins a penalty and then sets up a lineout, the points allocation for a try will be determined from where the lineout took place and not where the original penalty was awarded.
But if the attacking side opts to 'tap and go' from their penalty, then they will be allowed to carry on their movement without having their point of possession changed.
The changes have been implemented in the aim of promoting attacking and running rugby, but the possibility for some bizarre scenarios does exist.
For example, if a side is 11 points down with 30 seconds left on the clock and they win a penalty in the opposition half, will they kick the ball backwards and set up a lineout inside their own half? That would be their only hope of winning as a 9-point try and 3-point conversion would put them ahead.
http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/VarsityCup/world-rugby-excited-by-varsity-cup-changes-20160125