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Why have kicking tees disappeared from kickoffs?

Funkstard · 2007-03-28 17:57:15

I was watching some relatively recent rugby matches a while ago (late 90's, early '00's) and the kickoff was taken with a tee or sand. It seems to have completely disappeared, replaced with a dropkick. Why so?

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28-03-2007 6:57pm

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Funkstard

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I was watching some relatively recent rugby matches a while ago (late 90's, early '00's) and the kickoff was taken with a tee or sand. It seems to have completely disappeared, replaced with a dropkick. Why so?

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#2 28-03-2007 7:18pm
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#3 28-03-2007 9:20pm
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speeds up the game a little bit...

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#4 28-03-2007 9:22pm
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Easier to float as well

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#5 28-03-2007 9:41pm
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Ah ok. When did the rule change, and was it for the reason of speeding up the game?

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#6 29-03-2007 9:36am
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