Rugby World Cup 2015: Referees to watch for ‘football-style’ cheating

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Players appealing to referees to award penalties will also be punished.

World Rugby committee chairman John Jeffrey described it as “football culture” infiltrating rugby with players simulating injuries to win penalties.

The Wallabies have wholeheartedly backed the directive for referees to rid the World Cup of the “football culture” of diving, saying it is not part of the way they play the game.

And although there is no specific mention of diving in the lawbook, the offence will be treated as ungentlemanly conduct and be sanctioned with an automatic yellow card.

“This takes what we can give our readers for Rugby World Cup to a new level which we hope they enjoy”. Referees will be availing of the TMO to question potential dives.

The UK’s bid to host the World Cup may have failed, but this autumn Blighty will be opening her arms to another major worldwide sporting showcase in the form of the 2015 Rugby World Cup (RWC).

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Jeffrey said players who grab opponents around the neck in the ruck will face an automatic sending off.

To help do all this, there will be greater use of Hawk-Eye and video replay technology and more provision for post-match citations for incidents the officials miss.

An accumulation of three yellow cards or warnings will lead to a judicial hearing and possible ban.

The 2015 edition of the quadrennial tournament is set to kick off Friday at London’s Twickenham Stadium, and since rugby remains a foreign concept to many Americans, NESN.com is here to bring you a little introduction to the sport they call “a hooligan’s game played by gentlemen”.

An integrity unit will watch for match-fixing, independent concussion experts will assess head injuries and there will be a record number of drugs tests, some of which will be stored for reanalysis.