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
