Nations in the southern hemisphere will ban “the Dupont law” to avoid rugby ping-pong. The rule indicates that the players located between two kickers are put back into play.
Some teams exploit this regulation to avoid tiring their forwards with incessant back and forth. Scotland manager Gregor Townsend complained about the strategy: " France decided to adopt this long kicking tactic which is a scourge on the game, but it didn't put us under pressure. »