Rugby hemispheres set on collision course over the 20-minute red card

The culture wars in rugby are raging between the north and south. The south wants to reintroduce the 20-minute red card law during the Rugby Championship. The north wants the current rule to be reinstated. There is a legal case in the UK on behalf of professional and semi-professional players. It has been rejected by World Rugby for a global trial. An online strategist used the watered-down rule. He used it to weaponise the rule and think like a winner. In practice, it means prop Angus Ta’avao, red-carded for his high tackle that took Garry Ringrose out of the second Test match against New Zealand, could have been replaced after 20 minutes with another prop.