World Rugby are reportedly set to consider a 'shot clock' timer on scrums, line-outs and kicks at goal in order to speed the game up ahead of next year's World Cup in France.
The sport's key stakeholders - made up of administrators, head coaches and officials from the game's leading nations - met last week in London in order to look at how to improve the flow of international rugby. The proposals will be considered by World Rugby in the coming weeks.
BBC Sport report that other ideas include broadcasting interactions between the referee and TMO in order to improve the experience for fans in the stadium. Reducing the amount of time spent on TMO referrals is also on the agenda.
The changes would hopefully result in higher ball-in-play time within matches and a decrease in stoppages, with the current limits on kicking rarely enforced strictly.
It is understood that World Rugby will consider the ideas ahead of developing concrete proposals over the coming weeks.
After last week's meeting, World Rugby boss Sir Bill Beaumont labelled the conference as "the first step towards a reimagination of our sport".
The countdown shot clock would be displayed on the big screens and encourage teams to restart with urgency from set-pieces.
While time limits of 60 seconds for a penalty and 90 seconds for a conversion are already in place for kickers, they are regularly ignored.
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