World Rugby mulls over rule changes to get professional game back on track

The decision facing World Rugby is clear: wait about two months before sending players back into combat and avoid deeply unpalatable law changes‚ or yield to commercial imperatives and risk emasculating one of all of sport’s most testosterone-driven pursuits.

The changes under discussion may compromise one of rugby’s basic tenets: the preservation of an even contest in which the team without the ball is not unduly prejudiced only because they are not the team in possession. SA’s top referee, Jaco Peyper, who has been workshopping potential changes in virtual meetings‚ said tough decisions have to be made that will ensure the game’s survival while preserving its integrity.

World Rugby may be better served to wait two months to come out of its hiatus than make sweeping law changes.

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