A red card offence in a French Top 14 match left a rugby player gasping for air. Clermont Auvergne hosted Stade Francais at the Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin, and Stade's Tanginoa Halaifonua was ...

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The 20-minute red card had already been introduced at both club (Super Rugby) and international (Rugby Championship) level in the southern hemisphere, where it was met with widespread approval for ...

Rugby Union fans have been slamming the 'stupid' new red card rule after Ireland's Garry Ringrose was sent off against Wales. With the visitors leading 10-3 after 34 minutes, the centre was ...

With a number of yellow cards, red cards and head collisions taking place in the quarter-finals of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, the show started off with a heated 20-minute debate around ...

Another added: “That is a brutal upgrade ... confusion today,” Ian McCaw wrote. “World Rugby need to explain better why this is a red card and how players avoid in future.