Irish rugby chiefs oppose 20-minute red card proposal 

World Rugby will trial the idea in next month’s Autumn Nations Series of Test matches.

DISMISSED: The IRFU does not want the 20-minute sanction introduced on a permanent basis, they say. Pic: INPHO/Nick Elliott

Irish Rugby chiefs have followed French calls not to support the permanent adoption of a 20-minute red card.

World Rugby will operate the 20-minute red card variation as a closed law trial in next month’s Autumn Nations Series of Test matches in the Northern Hemisphere, when Ireland will play New Zealand, Argentina, Fiji and Australia at Aviva Stadium.