{"id":3925,"date":"2023-03-31T03:37:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T14:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=3925"},"modified":"2023-03-31T03:37:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T14:37:10","slug":"super-rugby-stoppage-time-dramatically-reduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=3925","title":{"rendered":"Super Rugby stoppage time dramatically reduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Super Rugby is convinced stoppage time has been dramatically reduced in games following the introduction of a raft of law variations in this year&#8217;s competition.<\/p>\n<p>Data provided by New Zealand and Australia Rugby from the first four rounds of the competition shows that on average more than six minutes of &#8216;dead time&#8217; has been removed from each game.<\/p>\n<p>The average match duration reduced from 98 minutes to 91 minutes and 46 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Major time savings have been made through the introduction of the off-field Yellow Card review process, more efficient referee-player interactions, and faster resumption of play following tries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rnz-ressh.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/s--n8R8gGAB--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1679642195\/4LBMQYS_230324CrusadersBrumbies_030_jpg\" alt=\"Tamaiti Williams of the Crusaders\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">Time in play has increased in Super Rugby this season.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0Photosport<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The law variations have also seen the average points scored per match reach 61 &#8211; the highest in the 27-year history of Super Rugby.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Specifically, we wanted to address stoppage time, particularly for reviewing foul play. Taking the TMO review process off-field, and off-screen, has made a significant impact for fans and player,&#8221; said Super Rugby Pacific Tournament Director Matt Barlow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Players and coaches are telling us the reduction in stoppage time has made the game more demanding from a physical perspective,&#8221; said Barlow.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>SOURCE-RNZ<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Rugby is convinced stoppage time has been dramatically reduced in games following the introduction of a raft of law variations in this year&#8217;s competition. Data provided by New Zealand and Australia Rugby from the first four rounds of the competition shows that on average more than six minutes of &#8216;dead time&#8217; has been removed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3927,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925\/revisions\/3927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}