By Steve HepburnThe trial breakdown laws introduced to domestic rugby this year have been red carded. New Zealand Rugby high performance referee manager Rod Hill confirmed the trial breakdown laws used in the Mitre 10 Cup have been dumped by World Rugby although there would not be a total return to the old laws around the breakdown. The trial laws around the breakdown allowed one to be formed as soon as an attacking player arrived in support of the tackled player. World Rugby had decided to use these new amended breakdown laws in domestic competitions around the world over the next year. Hill said the points trial in the Heartland competition in which tries were worth six points and penalties dropped down to two would also be ditched.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 11, 2016 04:18 UTC