Super Rugby Trans-Tasman will not use golden point system during the round robin stage

After plenty of experimenting in their own competitions, New Zealand Rugby and their Australian counterparts have come together to finalise the rules for the upcoming trans-Tasman Super Rugby tournament.

TV NZ reports that both parties agreed to retain replacements for red-carded players and goal-line drop-outs.

Goal-line drop-outs - introduced in Super Rugby AU last year - replace the traditional 22-metre drop-out after an attacking player is held up or knocks the ball on in the in-goal area.

Red-carded players will also be able to be replaced after 20 minutes, retaining the rule change introduced in Super Rugby Aotearoa last year.

The dropped Golden Point system - which awarded victory for the first team to score points in a 10-minute period of extra time - will return for the June 19 final though.

The Super-Rugby Trans-Tasman will start at 7.05pm Friday with the Reds vs Highlanders game.