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FIVE laws aimed at improving player welfare have been officially adopted after successful trials.
The laws will be operational from July 1 2022.
The World Rugby Council voted to add 50:22, goalline drop-out, prebound pods of players, penalising lower-limb clearouts and latching to the laws.
World Rugby said the move reflected an “ongoing commitment to injury prevention”.
The council also voted that the scrum brake foot law – where hookers must extend a foot towards the opposition as they prepare for a scrum – that was trialled in the Six Nations w...