Proposed COVID-19 rule changes by World Rugby could improve the sport, according to officials Globe_Sports
'We need to speed up the game. We need less scrums,' said Canada coach Kingsley Jones, a former Wales captain and forward, seen here in Vancouver on Oct. 24, 2017.Proposed law amendments to the game of rugby to reduce the COVID-19 transmission risk could improve the sport, according to top Canadian rugby officials.
Scrum resets, which World Rugby says happen 3.5 times on average per game, are being dispensed with when no infringement occurs. Instead, the team that put the ball into the original scrum will get a free kick. Jones says it can take 45 seconds to a minute in the modern game between the referee calling for a scrum, and the teams engaging. Add another 30 seconds if the scrum has to be reset.Jones says props and second rows average 13.4 minutes per 80-minute game locked in a scrum, with scrums resets accounting for almost four minutes of that time.The proposed changes will be first reviewed by Rugby Canada’s law variations working group.
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