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When World Rugby reveals that the penalty shootout rules are not the same according to the competitions

2022-05-10T10:27:13.217Z


THE SPORT SCAN. Faced with questions arising from the unprecedented formula used to decide between Munster and Toulouse in the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup, the international body has provided details. Surprising. But enlightening.


Romain Ntamack admitted it with a contrite smile.

He raised his arms after his first shot on goal, thinking that this first salvo of three attempts had made the difference.

Unaware that the verdict fell after… the second salvo, located on the 40-meter line.

The Toulouse opener was not the only one to ignore the rule applying in the Champions Cup.

For good reason, she had just changed!

And it differs from other competitions.

This is what World Rugby set out to explain on Monday in a series of very didactic tweets.

And just as surprising.

We learn in fact that the formula is not the same everywhere.

As if, in football, the penalty shootout differed according to the Coupe de France, the Champions League and the World Cup.

Proving once again that rugby is a sport apart.

Who likes to complicate the simplest things (see the offensive bonus rule, different for example in the Champions Cup and in the Top 14…).

In a word, an “endearing” sport.

In the World Cup, a (very) convoluted formula

So, in European cups, the EPCR has just introduced a new system.

The two teams are separated by six attempts hit by three different scorers.

Two each, according to positions defined in advance: in front, from the line of 15 meters to the left, from the line of 15 meters to the right.

The first salvo is made at the 22-meter line, the second from the 40-meter line.

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In Top 14 and Pro D2, penalty shootouts take place in the most common way (the one that was used until now in European cups).

Five different scorers appear in turn facing the posts, 22 meters away.

It is this formula that decided between Biarritz Olympique and Aviron Bayonnais last June at the end of the play-off between the two Basque rivals.

Hopefully, so far, you follow without too much trouble.

Because now it's going to get seriously tough.

The rule applied in the World Cup is indeed very different.

And seriously convoluted.

Five shots on goal are taken by five different players from the 22-yard line.

Easy.

Except that the 1st and 4th attempt are made in the axis of the posts;

the 2nd and the 5th on the left;

3rd on the right!

You were warned.

Why make it simple when you can make it complicated…

Source: lefigaro

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