"No Evidence of Improvement": Why Top 14 and Pro D2 Return to the Eight Replacement Rule

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Launched in 2018, the rule of 12 possible changes per game will be abandoned from next season in Top 14 and Pro D2. France was the only country to do so.

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In a joint press release, the Fédération française de rugby (FFR) and the Ligue nationale de rugby (LNR) announced the adoption of changes in rules and want to make proposals for the championship...

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After having experienced the possibility of making twelve replacements and bringing back out players, the two professional divisions of the French rugby will return to the common rule at all championships.

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Speeding up the game, reducing the break times, this is what we need to remember from the last meetings of the LNR Steering Committee and the FFR Political Steering Committee. On Monday, the two French rugby bodies announced to come back to the rule of 12 changes, launched in 2018. Starting next season (2026/2027), the Top 14 and Pro D2 championships will come back to the original rule granting eight changes to the teams. This change, according …

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Launched in 2018, the rule of 12 possible changes per game will be abandoned from next season in Top 14 and Pro D2. France was the only country to do so.

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The staffs of Top 14 and Pro D2 will be able to use only 8 rotations per match starting next season, compared to 12 at present. With the end of this experiment, launched in 2018, the French rugby will be re-aligned with the other competitions.