SANZAAR want the 20-minute red card to be introduced worldwide with the motion set to be voted on in May.
Chief executive Brendan Morris attended World Rugby’s recent Shape of the Game conference and put forward the controversial proposal, which has been recommended for a vote at the governing body’s upcoming council meeting.
It requires 75 per cent approval to pass and should that happen a global trial will be enacted. If that is successful, it could become law.
They are meeting resistance, though, particularly from the Six Nations countries.
“The [Shape of the Game] workshop made some reco...