New measures to make Guinness Premiership more exciting

Tuesday 30 March 2010
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Guinness Premiership > Leicester Tigers

Guinness Premiership bosses are considering bringing in new measures in an attempt to make the league more exciting, with a clampdown on kicking high on the agenda.

The league has been accused of lacking fizz in recent seasons, with aerial kicking contests increasingly becoming part and parcel of the action, a factor which has forced Premier Rugby to step up and implement new rules.

Referees will be asked to clamp down on "ball killers" in a move similar to the changes made to this year's Super 14 competition - something which has been welcomed wholeheartedly south of the Equator.

Mark McCafferty, Premier Rugby's chief executive, commented: "There was a determination that we couldn't let things go on as they were."

He added that there was "significant concerns" that needed to be addressed, but the new measures may be a "seminal moment" for the league.

"For the good of the game we can't have the premier club competition churning out [rugby] which was rightly receiving poor comments," McCafferty said.

Posted by Amy Nicholson