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20-minute red card returns to Rugby Champs as SA Rugby backs vote: 'Punish player, not team'

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Wayne Barnes shows Sam Cane of New Zealand a red card after a bunker review during the Rugby World Cup France 2023 final against South Africa at Stade de France. (Paul Harding/Getty Images)
Wayne Barnes shows Sam Cane of New Zealand a red card after a bunker review during the Rugby World Cup France 2023 final against South Africa at Stade de France. (Paul Harding/Getty Images)

The 20-minute red card system will be back in force for this year's Rugby Championship, with SA Rugby publicly expressing its support that the current closed trial be upgraded to a global one because current law "spoils the game".

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