USA Rugby Adopts World Rugby Laws & Clarifications
By Grant FeeleyBOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby have adopted the recent World Rugby Law Changes and Clarifications as of January 29th, 2016, across all competitions.
“The major adjustments are the ball carrier in a maul may no longer slide to the back of the maul, the ball has to be handed back, and a scrum wheeled through 90º will no longer be a turnover, the original team will put the ball into the reset scrum”, says USA Rugby High Performance Referee Manager, Richard Every. “In Law 8, Advantage, it no longer states that a collapsed scrum needs to be stopped immediately, that the referee may play advantage, however, we encourage referees to always consider safety as the main priority, especially as this amendment is to support continuity in top professional rugby.”