Better Rugby Rules

Source: Forget mauls – bring back rucks  – Inga

Legitimate rucking, and I’m not referring to stomping here, would free this area up. I know the image of the game needs protecting and violence cannot be tolerated.

So to further help in this regard, I would also propose that rugby introduce the league-style report system, whereby referees can signal incidents they are uncertain about which can be reviewed later.

Any rucking has to involve the player driving forward and removing players on the ground with a backward motion of the feet. It can’t involve static players stamping directly down. Players would have to be told very clearly what rucking meant, and the penalties for not doing it correctly.

A big point about the impact of rucking is that it discourages players from illegally slowing the ball down in the first place because they know the consequences of getting their bodies or hands in the wrong place.

COMMENTS: NOT bad for a wing ! All he says on rucking makes sense to me, yet he is short sited on mauls. Hey, let the forwards have some fun !