Lawmakers say the 20-minute red card is designed to "punish the player and not the team", with sides able to replace a dismissed player after 20 minutes. The men's Six Nations sta

In a bid to make the massively popular championships more accessible to supporters and spectators, Six Nations chiefs are taking on some of the novel features introduced in the Autumn series and also

This year's Six Nations will feature 20-minute red cards for the first time after the law variation was trialled during the November internationals, organisers said. Under the change, some red card offences will see a player sent to the sin bin for 20 minutes with the offender then able to be replaced on the field by a teammate off the bench when the punishment has been completed.