Better Rugby Rules

Source: Ian McGeechan joy as maul preserved in ELV shake-up – Mick Cleary

ELVs RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION INTO LAW:

• Assistant referees allowed.
• Kicking directly into touch from ball played back into 22 brings no gain in ground.
• Quick line-out throw may go backwards.
• Player in opposition to player throwing in to be two metres away from line-out and touchline.
• Pre-gripping of line-out jumpers allowed.
• Lifting in line-out allowed.
• Receiver must be two metres away from line-out.
• Five-metre offside line at scrum.
• Scrum-half offside line at scrum.
• Corner posts no longer touch in goal.

ELVs NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION INTO LAW:

• Head and shoulders not to be lower than hips in maul.
• Pulling down maul allowed.
• Freedom for each team to determine line-out numbers.

Require further discussion…

..”Finally, the controversial sanctions ELV, which downgrades many offences to a free-kick and which has been in use only in the southern hemisphere, has been sent away for further review. That sounds like a death-knell. “..

COMMENTS: Did they bring back the ruck ?%?@$%?@%?  The break down mess will continue…the IRB couldnt organise a piss up in a brewery or a brothel !

The ELVs devalued the long lineout (fixed), the maul (fixed), and the infringements(work in progress) and ruck(needs work). So 2 out of 4 is not so bad.