Television Match Officials will be given more influence in changes being trialled from the start of next month.
World Rugby have announced a handful of amendments in a bid to "promote quicker, accurate decision-making" and reduce stoppages. One such change will see TMOs able to highlight an infringement in the build-up to a try even after a conversion has taken place, providing the footage is available before the restart.
Other changes will see a formal adoption of the current practise of the TMO examining instances of foul play without stopping play. The areas that the TMO is bound to look at while play continues remains the same, with their remit being incidents relating to the act of scoring, dangerous play, knock-ons or forward passes and all touch and touch-in-goal decisions.
