Cardiff Blues Open Coaching Night – ELVs

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Following the success of last season’s open coaching nights the Cardiff Blues can confirm that they will be holding another open coaching evenings on Monday 4 August, 5.30pm at Pontypridd RFC.

Director of Coaching, David Young will run a training session with the Cardiff Blues squad between 5:30 to 6:30pm before the squad have the opportunity to meet the supporters from 6:30 to7.00pm.

At 7pm in the function room under the grandstand there will be a presentation on the introduction of experimental law variations, ELVs, for the new season and how they impact all levels of the game including video footage on how these work in reality. The new laws will be in effect from August the 1st 2008.

Coaches in clubs and schools throughout the region as well as supporters are encouraged to attend the evenings.

An IRB booklets and explanatory DVDs have now been issued to all the WRU clubs in Wales with teams already training to implement the ELVs from the start of the new season in all competitions and leagues.

Experimental Law Variations Summary

Match Officials

Assistant referees are able to assist the referee in any way that the referee requires.

Maul

Remove reference to head and shoulders not being lower than hips.
Players are able to defend a maul by pulling it down.

Touch and Lineout

If a team puts the ball back into its own 22 and the ball is subsequently kicked directly into touch there is no gain in ground.
A quick throw in may be thrown in straight or towards the throwing team’s own goal line.
There is no restriction on the number of players from either team who can participate in the lineout.
The receiver at the lineout must be two metres away from the lineout.
The player who is in opposition to the player throwing in the ball must stand in the area between the 5-metre line and the touch line but must be two metres away from the 5-metre line.
Lineout players must pre-grip a jumper before the ball is thrown in.
The lifting of lineout players is permitted.


Scrum

Introduction of an offside line five metres behind the hindmost feet of the scrum.
Identification of scrum half offside lines.

Corner Posts

The corner posts are no longer considered to be touch in goal except when the ball is grounded against the post.

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