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The International Rugby Board council has agreed to the introduction of a year long worldwide trial of 13 changes to the laws of the game. These will kick-start at the beginning of the next European season.
The trial of the Experimental Law Variations (ELV) includes 13 of the 23 ELVs that have been tested in various tournaments across the world over the past couple of years.
According to the IRB’s statement to the media, the implementation of the global trial of ELVs acts as a crucial milestone for the future of the game.
Meanwhile England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) has said it believes some of the changes could “fundamentally change the nature of the game”. On the other hand, some former internationals have condemned the changes as “unnecessary”.
The changes in the game to be trialled include:
• “Players can defend a maul by pulling it down.
• Introduction of an offside line five metres behind the hindmost feet of the scrum.
• No restriction on the number of players who can participate in the lineout from either side (minimum of two).
• The receiver in a lineout must stand two metres back from the lineout.
Further ELVs to be trialled in an elite northern hemisphere competition include:
• For all offences other than offside, not entering through the gate, and Law 10 - Foul Play, the sanction is a free kick.
• If the ball is unplayable at the breakdown, the side that did not take the ball into contact will receive a free kick.
• If a maul becomes unplayable, the team not in possession at the start of the maul receives a free kick.
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