There are mixed views on the imminent 'trial' of a sub being allowed on 20 minutes after a red-card offence. While there are famous, isolated exceptions, we all know that almost unfailingly the team reduced to 14 players, if there is meaningful time left, succumbs on the scoreboard at the finish. In cases like those, the element of reprieve allowed in infusing a substitute after 20 minutes is a pleasing rebalancer, to my way of thinking. Twenty minutes (or quarter of a match) is still a pretty long time to be down to 14 players, after all. No, that's not a dice any right-minded rugby people would be wishing to roll too often, do you agree?

Source: News 24 June 12, 2020 15:00 UTC