Let’s hope that none of the rules being trialled at the Red Bull Elevate Sevens Touch event get implemented, some of them are daft!
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/nowell-a ... ens-event/
Red Bull Elevate full tournament rules:
1. Standard seven-a-side touch rugby rules with five-touch turnover;
2. If a player on the attacking team makes a mistake that results in a turnover, they have to leave the field of play and can only return when a try has been scored;
3. The try area has been split into three scoring zones which equal one, two and three points – one point for touchline to the 15-metre line, two points for the 15-metre line to posts, three points for scoring under the posts;
4. Circular zones for conversions across the width of the pitch – three points for the circle between touchline and the 15-metre line, two points for the circle between the 15-metre and posts, one point for the circle between posts;
5. A ball cannon will be used to start and restart the game after a score;
6. Two players on the pitch must have never played rugby before and if they score points, the score is worth double;
7. There must be always a minimum of one female player on the pitch;
8. If you kick the ball directly to a player on your team who scores points, the score is worth double.
Rule 1 is basically just League, Rule 2 accentuates the significance of a turnover, Rules 3 and 4 sound like Aussie Rules and are actually intriguing although they certainly wouldn’t make game easier to understand for new fans, Rule 5 is interesting, maybe we would do better off restarts? Rule 8 is going to encourage cross-field kicks and kick passes.
All in all it sounds like it’ll be absolute chaos!
New rules for attacking rugby
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New rules for attacking rugby
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Re: New rules for attacking rugby
Frankly they can do what they want with touch but they need to stop with this endless crusade for "attacking rugby"No6_Flanker wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 1:31 pm Let’s hope that none of the rules being trialled at the Red Bull Elevate Sevens Touch event get implemented, some of them are daft!
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/nowell-a ... ens-event/
Red Bull Elevate full tournament rules:
1. Standard seven-a-side touch rugby rules with five-touch turnover;
2. If a player on the attacking team makes a mistake that results in a turnover, they have to leave the field of play and can only return when a try has been scored;
3. The try area has been split into three scoring zones which equal one, two and three points – one point for touchline to the 15-metre line, two points for the 15-metre line to posts, three points for scoring under the posts;
4. Circular zones for conversions across the width of the pitch – three points for the circle between touchline and the 15-metre line, two points for the circle between the 15-metre and posts, one point for the circle between posts;
5. A ball cannon will be used to start and restart the game after a score;
6. Two players on the pitch must have never played rugby before and if they score points, the score is worth double;
7. There must be always a minimum of one female player on the pitch;
8. If you kick the ball directly to a player on your team who scores points, the score is worth double.
Rule 1 is basically just League, Rule 2 accentuates the significance of a turnover, Rules 3 and 4 sound like Aussie Rules and are actually intriguing although they certainly wouldn’t make game easier to understand for new fans, Rule 5 is interesting, maybe we would do better off restarts? Rule 8 is going to encourage cross-field kicks and kick passes.
All in all it sounds like it’ll be absolute chaos!
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Re: New rules for attacking rugby
Social rugby tournament rules. They will never get near the proper game.