Ep 40 - What is going on with laws and law changes at World Rugby?

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A walk through the law change proposals coming out of World Rugby in recent weeks. What is going on? What will actually change?  And when? 

In today's episode, I will walk through where this law chat has come from, the importance of World Rugby's Shape of the Game meetings and all the elements that are flowing from that event held at the end of February 2024. 

More information mentioned in the episode: 

1) World Rugby press release: Shape of the Game meeting. 29 February 2024

2) WR Press release 2 - World Rugby reveals phased plan to enhance rugby’s global appeal

3) Law Application Guideline: March 2024 - Reinforcement of current law


Also - Laws and the change programme were discussed in the WR Player Welfare & Laws Symposium held on Monday 8 April. You can watch the session here


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2024-05-04 33 min 3 chapters

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