If a maul becomes unplayable, the team not in possession at the start of the maul receives a free kick.
Quins hit back with a somewhat harsh penalty try awarded against Leicester for collapsing a driven maul from a lineout.
The all-important fourth try for a bonus point soon followed, as a rolling maul from a five-metre lineout shoved lock Cooper over the line.
They seemed to be feeling the effects of the quick turnaround and Tonga made an explosive start with Toulouse's Maka going over after a rolling maul from a line-out after 72 seconds.
Connacht failed to turn a promising maul into a scoring chance and Leinster responded in decisive fashion, countering from deep with flair before Richardt Strauss' pass out of a tackle put Kearney over in the left corner.
The game's opening try came on 15 minutes, veteran prop Budgen emerging with the ball after Exeter had produced a superb driving maul from a line-out on 18 metres.
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Players will now be able to defend a maul by pulling it down and there will be no restriction on the number of players in a lineout.
Officials are being instructed to adopt zero tolerance to any player charging into a ruck or maul who is not bound to a team-mate as the laws require.
But as the 14 men tired, Wasps cranked up the pressure in the closing minutes and won a penalty try from a driving line-out maul which denied them even a losing bonus point.
Andrew Sheridan was sent to the sin-bin for punching, and Juan Fernandez Lobbe followed him for pulling down a maul.
New Zealand were rocking again when Rees emerged from a maul with the ball and kicked into space in the corner.
There was an early Lions injury scare when Andy Powell needed treatment after pulling a maul down on top of himself.
The excellent Jamie Heaslip broke from a maul and burst forward before passing to Williams who ran in under the posts.
The Scarlets did the sensible thing and kept things tight among their forwards, drawing a crucial penalty after the frustrated Ospreys pulled down a maul.
Instead they found themselves back on the defensive and a knock-on by Cuthbert allowed Leeds to set up camp in the corner and Thompson eventually peeled off a maul to score.
Hayes was suspended after being sent off for stamping on Healy as he lay exposed at the bottom of a maul in Munster's 30-0 Magners League drubbing by Leinster on 3 October.
Simon Shaw turned over possession in the maul, sparking a glorious move with the ball taken up by Joe Worsley before going wide for Cipriani, Waters and Dominic Waldouck to put Sackey over.
Breaking from a maul he rounded Wales and British and Irish Lions colleague Alun Wyn Jones and dumbfounded Bowe with the pass that sent Cooper racing over and Blair added the extra points.
But referee Chris White awarded a flurry of penalties for various minor infringements and, after 17 minutes of disjointed play, Evans tied up the scores when Worcester were penalised for dragging down a maul.
The introduction of scrum-half Alessandro Troncon as a replacement for the injured Paul Griffen on 49 minutes seemed to lift the Italians and the sin-binning of Manta for bringing down a maul turned the game in their favour.
But England were soon down to 14 men themselves, and this time for good, as Leeds flanker Calum Clark, who had already been warned over a swinging arm at a ruck, was red carded for leading with his head as he attacked a maul.
Lewis Moody went over from a driving maul and deep into stoppage time Crane secured the bonus point with the fourth try following a series of scrums.
Replacement Califano was particularly effective in the loose and the tight and he scored a deserved try on 66 minutes from a driving maul.
On 20 minutes the home side were awarded a penalty try when Leinster were penalised for bringing down a rolling maul on the try-line.
However, any hopes of a Chiefs comeback were dashed in the 65th minute, as To'oala put touched the ball down after a rolling maul.
The flanker scored a decisive late try from a rolling maul and then turned over possession as Gloucester hammered at the Dragons' line in injury time.
In the first minute of the second half Martyn Williams jinked off a driving maul to set up Wales scrum-half hopeful Gareth Cooper for the second try.
Crane got his hat-trick just a couple of minutes into the second half with the number eight breaking off the back of a driving maul for Leicester's fifth try.
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