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ELVs decisions announced
Following a 2 day meeting at the Lensbury, the following recommendations have been made to the iRB council on 13 May.
Seems to be good sense and logic – hoorah! Although Im slightly baffled by the numbers in the line decision. Will be interested to see whether any commentary emerges behind these decisions.
ELVs recommended to be passed into law:
- Law 6 – Assistant referees allowed
- Law 19 – Kicking directly into touch from ball played back into 22 equals no gain in ground
- Law 19 – Quick throw permitted in any direction except forward
- Law 19 – Positioning of player in opposition to the player throwing-in to be two metres away from line-out and the line of touch
- Law 19 – Pre-gripping of line-out jumpers allowed
- Law 19 – Lifting in the line-out allowed
- Law 19 – Positioning of receiver must be two metres away from line-out
- Law 20 – Five-metre offside line at the scrum
- Law 20 – Scrum-half offside line at the scrum
- Law 22 – Corner posts no longer touch in goal
ELVs not recommended:
- Law 17 – Maul, head and shoulders not to be lower than hips
- Law 17 – Maul, pulling down the maul
- Law 19 – Freedom for each team to determine line-out numbers
ELVs sent for further examination:
- Sanctions and free-kicks
RFU seeking ELV thoughts
From the RFU press office:
RFU consults grassroots over new laws experiment
April 23, 2008THE Rugby Football Union is giving everyone involved in English rugby the chance to have their say on the International Rugby Board’s proposal to introduce eight new Experimental Law Variations (ELVs) throughout the game next season.
The RFU believes that some of the ELVs could fundamentally change the nature of the game as it is currently known and that all those potentially affected by their introduction should be consulted.
The RFU is therefore launching a special consultation website www.rfusurvey.co.uk to enable all parts of the game to express their views on the ELVs and whether they should be trialled in the manner proposed.
The survey is scheduled to go live tomorrow evening (Thursday) and is open to players, coaches, referees and supporters and gives people chance to compare and vote on the existing law and its associated ELV before the Union formally responds to the IRB.
RFU Chief Executive Francis Baron said: “We have a number of concerns about the ELVs and the proposed process that is being followed regarding their introduction.
“As these Experimental Law Variations could potentially result in major changes to the Laws of the Game, the RFU believes it is important to consult those involved in the game at every level and give them an opportunity to express their views.
“In order to discover what participants in rugby union in England actually feel and to assist us in formulating the RFU’s response to the proposed changes, the Union has compiled an online questionnaire.
“I would urge everyone with an interest in the future of our game to go to www.rfusurvey.co.uk and spend ten minutes completing the questionnaire so we can paint as accurate a picture as possible of people’s views in England when the matter comes up for debate at the IRB in May.”
Ends…
Happy surveying!! – you’ll have to wait till tomorrow though!!
