CONFIRMED | Major law change for next season

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by Steven Smith

Thursday, 05 March 2020 at 21:45

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World Rugby are set to remove the rule that allows a player to score a try by bringing the ball into contact with the foam pad surrounding the base of the posts.

From next season, it will no longer be possible to score a try by touching the base of the posts with the ball, meaning it will be necessary to touch down in the in-goal area or on the line for a valid try.

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L’Equipe is reporting this decision was decided at the World Rugby symposium on players’ health, which was held in Paris on Tuesday.

The matter will now go ahead for validation in May at the annual meeting of the law committee.

Safety concerns have been raised over the winter about players trying to score at the butt of the goalpost.

Day jobs of Women’s Six Nations stars

Behind the glitz and glamour of the Women's Six Nations, many world-class players must work around the clock to fund their rugby dream.

1. Elinor Snowsill (Wales) - Healthy food company

The Wales international fly-half set up healthy food company Onest Food in 2014, continuing in her rugby career while running the business.

Snowsill started Onest by operating food vans outside gyms, but expanded to delivery following a conversation with a friend who was looking for a healthy eating plan and wanted the food delivered.

She specifically sought out those business models in order to ensure that she did not have to work on weekends so as to leave time to play rugby.Her signature dish uses an omelette style egg as a wrap.

2. Chloe Rollie (Scotland) - Dump truck driver

Before turning professional, she worked as a labourer and a dump truck driver for an excavation company. In her teens, she also played football for Hearts.

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3. Claire Molloy (Ireland) - Doctor

The Ireland back-rower is qualified as a doctor. She studied medicine at Cardiff University, where her classmates included Jamie Roberts. She now works as an A&E doctor in Abergavenny.

4. Vickii Cornborough (England) - IT Business Development Manager

Cornborough has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Reading and she is an IT Business Development Manager at Cloud Direct.

5. Sene Naoupu (Ireland) - Lifestyle coach

The centre/fly-half is a lifestyle coach and fitness trainer and operates her own business, Senshaper. In 2016, Naoupu was listed by The Irish Times

6. Alecs Donovan (Wales) - Yoga business

The Wales star is a co-founder of The Yoga Hub, which was created to be a central place within Cardiff to offer a high standard of yoga and mobility to all levels and abilities.

7. Shaunagh Brown (England) - Firefighter

Brown represented England in the hammer throw event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and has also worked as a gas engineer, firefighter, and commercial diver.

8. Claire McLaughlin (Ireland) - Doctor

After studying medicine, she spent her foundation year as a junior doctor at Mater Infirmorum Hospital, Belfast. At the hospital, her work colleagues gave her the nickname of "McSwaplin", since she often swapped shifts at the hospital to accommodate her rugby schedule.