“A red card isn’t a death knell if you use the right coping strategies”

FIFTEEN-A-SIDE rugby increasingly looks like 14- or 13-a-side as cards seem to be coming out with more frequency. The U20 World Cup had yellow and red cards issued that significantly influenced the outcome of matches.

There’s a zero-tolerance approach to high tackles and a rise in rucks means an increase in the number of possible penalised acts.

Unfortunately some ruck laws are being ignored, but it remains likely that