Some of the laws in rugby have taken a change this year and most of these are for the safety of the players who are on the offensive aimed at reducing the danger of being injured in the lower limbs of players.
One such change will be on the ‘crocodile roll’ that has been outlawed to reduce the risk of injuring the lower limbs of players.
The action of rolling or twisting a player who is on his feet in the tackle area is also now illegal.
Such actions will result in a penalty or potentially a higher sanction.
The ban also extends to any direct attack on lower limbs during rucking clear outs.
Players will need to exercise extreme caution when clearing out rucks and adopt safer techniques to avoid penalties or sanctions.
Not only players, spectators too will be made to understand the changes to these rules to reason out why the referees penalize the offensive players.
It’s true that rugby is a rough game with plenty of contact among opponents thus players and spectators must be made to understand these laws and will be implemented to promote safety of players.
Sometimes even the referee will find it difficult to see the croc role and he will be burdened heavily to be looking around closely at the players on the field.
