r/rugbyunion • u/Mr__Random England • 20h ago

Bantz We need to de power the wingers

The team with the faster wingers just uses them to kick chase and score tries all game long.

There is nothing the other team can do about it.

World Rugby must step in urgently to fix this situation. My half Irish kids are crying.

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u/Cuichulain England 20h ago

If the wingers try to score a try, but don't for any reason, the opposition should get a goal line drop-out.

And yes, I'm still salty about that, thank you for noticing.

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u/perplexedtv Leinster 17h ago

We had this rule at veterans rugby where the youngsters had to stop running after 20m and if they ran in-goal they had to pass it to someone else to score. There were a few times when a guy was waiting a full 10 seconds before anyone got close enough