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0-9 22 The area between the try line and the 22-metre line, and between the touchline ... r, who is on their feet in the tackle area, to ground. The action often lands on the player’s lowe ... g an unsuccessful conversion. Dead-ball line The line at either end (and not part) of the playing are ... m the hand or hands, the ball is kicked as it rises from its first bounce. F Field of play The are

1 The ground

w or artificial turf (conforming to World Rugby Regulation 22). 1.3 The dimensions of the playing are ... h Width Maximum (metres) 100 22 70 Minimum (metres) 94 6 68 a. The playing area is rectangula ... d accordingly. d. Where the width of the playing area is less than 70 metres, the distance between the 15-metre lines is reduced accordingly. e. The perimeter area should be five metres wide where practicabl

3 Team

Numbers 3.1 Each team has no more than 15 players in the playing area during play. 3.2 A matc ... g area, whether through injury, or by a yellow or red card, the referee enquires at the next scru ... d, then the team nominates another player to leave the playing area to enable an available front-row playe ... s with players already on the field, then the team nominates another player to leave the playing are

6 Match officials

c. The referee keeps the score. 6.6 The referee permits access to the playing area for player ... s to leave the playing area. However, a player may access water from their technical area, or fro ... g beyond it. f. The ball hits anything above the playing area. The ball or ball-carrier touche ... e an infringement may have occurred in the playing area leading to a try or preventing a try. e. Foul pla

11 Knock forward or throw forward

e in the playing area. Sanction: Scrum. 11.7 A player must not intentionally throw or pass the ball forwar

4 Permitted clothing

g that item on the playing area, that player is sent off for misconduct. Sanction: Penalty. 4.7 The referee must not allow any player to leave the playing area to change items of clothing, unles

Shape of the Game: Reinforcement of current law - March 2024

d. Caterpillar Rucks There is universal support for an increased focus on this are ... d Rugby and its stakeholders will also consider future law amendments in this area as wel ... 9: The following may enter the playing area provided they do not interfere with play:a. Two nominated wate ... r when a try is scored – the scoring side to an area on/near the 10m line in their ow

Beach Touch Rugby

s may decide the dimensions of the playing area according to the requirements of the competition. 1. ... 1 Maximum: Each team must have no more than six players on the playing area. Match organisers may var ... g they do so when the ball is dead. Substitutes must enter the playing area at the half way line. A player leaving the playing area may do so from any place. 3.4 Sent off for foul play: A player sent of

Beach Tag Rugby

y of play should be 31 metres in length and 25 metres in width. Each in-goal area should be 3 metre ... 1 Maximum: Each team must have no more than five players on the playing area. 3.2 More than the permitte ... h providing they do so when the ball is dead. Substitutes must enter the playing area at the half way line. A player leaving the playing area may do so from any place. 3.4 Sent off for foul play: A playe

10 Offside and onside in open play

d. Loitering in an offside position. 10.2 A player can be offside anywhere in the playing area. 10. ... g area. b. An opponent of that player: i. Kicks the ball; or ii. Intentionally touches the bal

Head Contact Process - March 2021

s is designed to protect the head, neck and throat area of players. The process can be applie ... d contact includes neck and throat area 2. Was there foul play? Considerations: Intentional Reckles

Beach Fives Rugby

h in-goal area should be 3 metres in length and 25 metres in width. A tolerance of plus or minus 1 metr ... g area. 3.2 More than the permitted numbers: At any time before or during a match a team captain ma ... r the playing area at the half way line. A player leaving the playing area may do so from any place. 3. ... d order that player to leave the playing area. The referee may also order an injured player to leav

18 Touch, quick throw and lineout

d by a player who is in the playing area. b. A player jumps, from within or outside the playing area, and catches the ball, and then lands in the playing area, regardless of whether the ball reached the plane of touch. c. A player jumps from the playing area and knocks (or catches and releases) the ball back into the playing area, before landing in touch or touch-in-goal, regardless of whether the bal

Touch Rugby

Download this document as a printable Adobe PDF fileThe Plan The playing area with broken lines The playing area with cones/markers Introduction World Rugby Leisure Rugby Laws have been designed s ... y Match organisers may decide the dimensions of the playing area according to competitio ... e no more than six players on the playing area. Match organisers may vary the maximum number

Law changes - 1 July 2024

y 2024. From that date, they will be reflected in World Rugby's digital law content. Offsid ... t the lower limbs. with: A player may remove the jackler from the tackle area by pushing/driving the ... o is on their feet in the tackle area, to ground. The action often lands on the player’s lower limbs Scru

5 Time

s the discretion to allow more than one minute for that player to be removed from the playing area.

XRugby

w variationsThe groundThe dimensions of the playing area are shown in the ground diagram. Where two game ... e” – a 15-metre-wide space in the centre of the in-goal area. Scoring within this zone results in a ... s in the playing area during play. A team may nominate up to five replacements. A team may replace any numbe

9 Foul play

b. Intentionally knock, place, push or throw the ball with arm or hand from the playing area. Sanctio ... t with the eye or eye area, striking with any part of the arm, shoulder, head or knee(s), stamping, tramplin ... r/jackler from the tackle area by pushing/driving them backwards (including by grabbing the knee/le

Uncontested Scrums - December 2017

e with uncontested scrums. (c) When a front row player leaves the playing area, whether through injur ... e the playing area to enable an available front row player to come on, the nominated player ma ... f, another player has to be nominated by the team to leave the playing area to enable an available fron

Tag Rugby

Download this document as a printable Adobe PDF fileThe Plan The playing area with broken lines The playing area with cones/markers Introduction World Rugby Leisure Rugby Laws have been designed s ... y Match organisers may decide the dimensions of the playing area according to competition, developmenta ... e no more than seven players on the playing area. 3.2 More than the permitted numbers (a) At any tim

14 Tackle

s possession of the ball and moves away or passes or kicks the ball. c. The ball leaves the tackle area.

21 In-goal

s momentum that carries them into their own in-goal area, they can make a touch down. 21.8 A tackled playe

20 Penalty and free-kick

e the playing area while the ball is in play. On the 15-metre line, in line with where the offenc ... d: Into touch or touch-in-goal or over the dead-ball line from the playing area, the mar

1 The ground

GAME-ON3 [Replacement] 1.3 The dimensions of the playing area are shown in the ground diagram. ***IMG | the-plan-2019-en.jpg | href:*** The ground a. The playing area is rectangular in shape. ... d. Where the width of the playing area is less than 70 metres, the distance between the 15-metre lines is reduced accordingly. e. The perimeter area should not be less than five metres wide wher

3 Team

Sevens 1 [Replacement] 3.1 Each team has no more than 15 players in the playing area during play. Replaced by: 3.1 Each team has no more than seven players in the playing area during play. 2 deleted 4 [Replacement] 3.4 For international matches, a union may nominate up to eight replacements. Replaced by: 3.4 A team may nominate and use up to five replacements. 5 [Replacement] 3.

3 Team

10s1 [Replacement] 3.1 Each team has no more than 15 players in the playing area during play. Replaced by: 3.1 Each team has no more than 10 players in the playing area during play. 2 deleted4 [Replacement] 3.4 For international matches, a union may nominate up to eight replacements. Replaced by: 3.4 A team may nominate up to five replacements. 5 [Replacement] 3.5 For other matche

Clarification 7-2003

r intentionally knocking or throwing the ball out of the playing area. The term 'knock' infer

Clarification 4-2024

s: 6.29 The following may enter the playing area provided they do not interfere with play:a) &nbs ... d) These additional persons must remain in their technical area at all times before enterin ... s, who are permitted to be in the designated Technical Area/Zone. In Rugby World Cup 202

Clarification 1-2008

r deemed to have picked up the ball outside the playing area? 5. If a player with one or both fee ... n the playing area, is that player deemed to have picked up the ball in the playing area and thereb

6 Match officials

SevensAddition: a. Before extra-time starts, the referee organises a toss in the same way as before the match. ***.LINKS | 2022/06/23/9b218257-9c58-4d8f-8105-6d5af83e0e92/ | href:***Addition: 6.31 There are two in-goal judges for each match, one in each in-goal area. Addition: 6. The referee has the same control over in-goal judges as with assistant referees or touch judges. Addition:

Clarification 1-2002

y within 15 minutes of leaving the playing area, the replacement becomes permanent and the replace

Clarification 2-2002

d: "A player who peels off, must stay within the area from that player's line-of-touch to 10 metre

Clarification 2-2004

d the ball outside his 22 metre line and it has then gone into his 22 metre area. This player is considered to have put the ball into his 22 metre area and therefore the line-out is in line with the plac

Clarification 8-2014

t. The kick is correctly executed and the ball enters the opposing team's in-goal area without havin ... n this area and touches down, making the ball dead.What should the referee's decision be?Law 13 Definition ... e, in the event of a 22 drop-out travelling into the opposing team's in-goal area without touching or having bee

Clarification 2-2006

Ruling in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby CommitteeClarification2-2006Union / HP Ref ManagerFFRLaw Reference19,21Date2006-01-10Request Law 19.1 (e) stipulates: “Penalty kick. When a player kicks to touch from a penalty kick anywhere in the playing area, the throw in is taken from where the ball went into touch.” Law 19.4 (Exception) has the following precision. “When a team take

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