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Scrum is safe: World Rugby moves to squash ‘radical’ law change rumours
Saturday Star
|February 28, 2026
RUGBY’S international governing body, World Rugby, has indirectly squashed a story in a French newspaper that alleged Australia and New Zealand are pushing for radical changes to rugby’s laws — notably the replacement of scrums with mauls.
THE Springboks' scrum is feared around the world. It could maybe be the reason why some want to depower it. AFP
The story in L’Equipe quotes France’s former referee Mathieu Raynal, who was an attendee at World Rugby’s Shape of the Game conference held this week in London. Raynal, now the manager of French Top 14 and Pro D2 referees, says: “They’re targeting time-consuming phases to increase actual playing time.
This story is from the February 28, 2026 edition of Saturday Star.
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