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Try and penalty try
Referee’s back to dead-ball line. Arm raised vertically.
Definitions
o is on their feet in the tackle area, to ground. The action often lands on the player’s lower limbs. D Dead The ball is dead when the referee blows the whistle to stop play; or when the ball is in touch and a lineout should take place; or following an unsuccessful conversion. Dead-ball line The line at eithe ... s as an arriving player at a tackle. Forward Towards the opposition’s dead-ball line. Foul play Anythin
21 In-goal
l and simultaneously makes contact with the touch-in-goal line or the dead-ball line (or anywhere beyond either) the ball is dead. Depending on how the ball entered in-goal, play restarts with a try-lin ... t to kick the ball. Sanction: Penalty. Ball kicked dead through in-goal 21.11 If a team kicks the ball through their opponents’ in-goal from the field of play into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead-bal
Clarification 1-2021
s a penalty or a free kick, is the ball considered dead, in which case, is a player replacement possibl ... h happen for the replacement to occur: The ball is dead The Referee gives permission The award of an FK or PK does not in itself mean the ball is dead and players may tap and go. However, sometimes when an FK or PK occurs alongside an incident such as an injury the Referee will make the ball dea
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
s’ in-goal without touching any player and an opponent grounds the ball without delay or it goes dead throug ... 0 If the ball is kicked into the kicking team’s own in-goal and is made dead by a defending player or it goes dead through in-goal, the non-kicking team is awarded a five-metre scrum. Other restart kick ... l or dropped goal attempt is grounded or made dead in in-goal by the defending team, or the ball goe
5 Time
n with other officials. 5.6 Once the ball is already dead, the referee may allow tim ... g the ball. 5.7 A half ends when the ball becomes dead after time has expired unless: a. A scru ... h and goes dead without the ball first being tapped and without the ball touching another player. ... o-minute break should be taken midway through the half, after a score or when the ball is dead nea
7 Advantage
d towards the offending team’s dead-ball line. c. May be a combination of tactical and territorial. ... y is taken incorrectly. f. The ball is made dead. g. It would be dangerous to let play continue.
1 The ground
4 There are solid lines configured as shown in the ground diagram. The solid lines are on: a. The dea ... s and the dead-ball lines (eight flag posts in total). 1.10 One flag post is positioned in line with the 2
Clarification 2-2012
n until ball is dead. Law 5.7(e) If time expires and the ball is not dead or an awarded scru ... l becomes dead. The ball becomes dead when the referee would have awarded a scrum, lineout, an optio ... n made dead. Advantage cannot be played after the ball has been made dead. 1. Team A have a playe ... e must not let a player rejoin a match until the ball is dead.” The referee in such circumstance
6 Match officials
r, a player may access water from their technical area, or from behind the dead ball line after a tr ... l becomes dead, other than after a failed conversion kick. f. When the ball becomes unplayable. g. Whe ... e or when it is suspected that a player is seriously injured. The ball becomes dead 6.9 The referee will deem the ball to be dead when: a. The ball is in touch or touch in-goal, but not when a quick thro
20 Penalty and free-kick
k. At the place of infringement. While the ball is dead. At the point where play would have restarte ... d or if the offence occurred in touch-in-goal or beyond the dead-ball line, on the five-metre lin ... d or was played. If the ball lands in in-goal, in touch-in-goal, or on or over the dead-ball lin ... g the ball into touch. If the ball is thrown or knocked: Into touch or touch-in-goal or over the dea
Beach Fives Rugby
e are made of tape, rope, string or inflatable surrounds and include: The dead ball lines and touch-in-goa ... y number of players during a match providing they do so when the ball is dead. Substitutes must ente ... s when the ball next becomes dead. If time expires and free kick is then awarded, the referee allows play to continue until the next time the ball becomes dead. Law 6: Match Officials 6.A Befor
Clarification 2-2007
y Committee A substitution can only be made when the ball is dead. A referee must not let a player rejoin the match until the ball is dead. The ball is dead when the ball is out of play. This happen ... s outlined above, the ball is dead, and therefore the answer to each question is in the affirmative.
Clarification 8-2014
n this area and touches down, making the ball dead. What should the referee's decision be? Law 1 ... e the ball dead there or it has gone into touch-in goal or on or over the dead ball line." Law 13.1 ... s: to ground the ball, or to make it dead, or to play on. b) If the opposing team grounds the ball, or makes it dead, or if the ball becomes dead by going into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead ball lin
2026-07 Law updates
p; For example - a charge down from the field of play which goes dead, and a ball carrier carryin
Beach Tag Rugby
g or inflatable surrounds and include: The dead ball lines and touch-in-goal lines which are outsid ... h providing they do so when the ball is dead. Substitutes must enter the playing area at the half way lin ... y would be dangerous. 5.8 When time expires: Play ceases when the ball next becomes dead. If tim ... l becomes dead. Law 6: Match Officials 6.1 Every match is under the control of a referee. Additiona
Beach Touch Rugby
g or inflatable surrounds and include: The dead ball lines and touch-in-goal lines which are outsid ... g they do so when the ball is dead. Substitutes must enter the playing area at the half way line. A playe ... l next becomes dead. When a free pass is awarded and then time expires, play continues until the ball next becomes dead unless a further free pass has been awarded. Law 6: Match Officials 6.1 Every matc
Touch Rugby
s the referee stops the game at the next tackle or when the ball next becomes dead. Each team then lose ... e expires and the ball is not dead the referee allows play to continue until the ball next becomes dead. The ball becomes dead when a tackle (match organisers may decide to continue play until the las ... d. Forward means towards the opposing team’s dead ball line. Sanction: Ruck ball awarded to the no
Tag Rugby
s and the ball is not dead the referee allows play to continue until the ball next becomes dead. The ball becomes dead when a tackle (match organisers may decide to continue play until the last tackle ha ... n no infringement, and the ball has not been made dead, play restarts with a ruck ball to the team las ... s the opposing team’s dead ball line. Sanction: Ruck ball If the ball barrier knocks-on, a ruck bal
Clarification 5-2016
s to the touch definitions (Law 19) in the Global Law trials will also apply to the dead ball lin ... r who had a foot over a touch in goal line or whether the players foot was over the dead ball line; and Whether or not the ball is dead following a player returning the ball to the playing area could depend on whether the ball was over the touch in-goal line or dead ball line. The different outcom
Shape of the Game: Reinforcement of current law - March 2024
l or retrieve from behind the dead-ball line. The water carriers must leave when the conversion is take ... n be available at all times in technical areas or behind dead ball lines. Only when no tries are score
9 Foul play
6 A player must not obstruct, or in any way interfere with an opponent while the ball is dea ... l lands in in-goal, touch-in-goal or on or over the dead-ball line, five metres from the try lin
Clarification 9-2014
t, and a defending player has made the ball dead there or it has gone into touch-in goal or on or over the dead ball line." 21.4 Penalty and free kick options and requirements: "c) No delay. If a kicke ... b) The team awarded a free kick cannot score a dropped goal until after the ball next becomes dea ... s dead there, either because a defender grounded it or because it went into touch-in-goal or on or ove
19 Scrum
m. The ball is played by, or taken into in-goal by the defending team and made dead. In the scrum zone at the point closest to where the ball was made dead. The attacking team. An unplayable tackl ... e at the point closest to where the penalty was awarded. The non-offending team. Ball kicked dead throug
Clarification 3-2025
e The ball is dead when the ball is in touch or touch in-goal (Law 6.9) or when play reaches a touchlin ... e. Before the ball is dead, Law 10.4 a, b and c make clear that an offside player in front of a kicker mus ... r in front of a kicker must be actively retiring towards their own dead ball line while the ball is in pla ... s the whistle) then the ball is dead and open play has ended. There is no current law which determine
Clarification 1-2009
e cannot be played after the ball is dead. The Definition of dead on page (viii) of the IRB Law Boo
Clarification 1-2017
6) for goal line and dead ball line: http://laws.worldrugby.org/?domain=10&year=2016&clarificatio ... h definitions (Law 19) will also apply to the 22m line as well as the dead ball line and to the goal lin
21 In-goal
Sevens Addition: The restart kick must be taken within 30 seconds from the time the unsuccesful kick at goal was taken. 21.16 [Replacement] 21.16 When a player carrying the ball is held up in-goal, so that the player cannot ground the ball or play the ball, the ball is dead. Play restart ... o that the player cannot ground or play the ball, the ball is dead. Play restarts with a five-metre scru
2024-07 Law changes
y 2024. From that date, they will be reflected in World Rugby's digital law content. Offsid ... y many scrums result in long periods of dead time with resets, leading to more FKs, penaltie
Clarification 3-2010
h players go for it. The ball then goes dead. Question from above: Does Law 22.15 apply scrum ... l is kicked into in-goal by a player from the attacking team and the ball is made dead by the player ... l. • If the ball is kicked into in-goal by a player from the attacking team and the ball is made dead by the players touching the ball and the ball travels and lands on or over the dead ball line or touc
XRugby
l, or if the ball goes dead, play is restarted with a tap and play from the 15m line. Penalty and free-kic
3 Team
y when the ball is dead and only with the permission of the referee. 3.7 If a player re-join
8 Scoring
g where they opt for a lineout instead) cannot score a dropped goal until the ball next becomes dea
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
s’ in-goal without touching any player and an opponent grounds the ball without delay or it goes dead throug ... t grounds the ball without delay or it goes into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead-ball line, the no ... e drop-out when an unsuccessful penalty goal or dropped goal attempt is grounded or made dead in in-goal by the defending team, or the ball goes dead through in-goal from one these attempts. by: 12.1
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
Principle The field of play has side boundaries known as touchlines. When play reaches a touchline, the ball is in touch and becomes dead. Quick-throws and lineouts are methods of restarting the game with a throw after the ball or ball-carrier has gone into touch. Touch or touch-in-goal 18.1 The ball is in touch or touch-in-goal when: a. A ball not being held by a player, touches the touchlin
Clarification 3-2009
g”. Law 5.7 (e) stipulates that “if time expires and the ball is not dead or a scrum or lineout has been awarded, the referee allows play to continue until the next time that the ball becomes dead.” The ball is dead “when it has gone outside the playing area, or when the referee has blown the whistl ... l is dead after the lineout has been completed and therefore the match ends in accordance with Law 5.7 (e).
Clarification 2-2010
l directly into touch • Kicks the ball dead on or over the opponents touch-in-goal or dead ball lin ... 9 respectively and the match continues until the ball next becomes dead.
Clarification 1-2015
s and the ball is not dead, or an awarded scrum or lineout has not been completed, the referee allows play to continue until the next time that the ball becomes dead. The ball becomes dead whe
Clarification 4-2015
t, then the game is over. Law 5.7(e) reinforces this: If time expires and the ball is not dea ... t time that the ball becomes dead. The ball becomes dead when the referee would have awarded a scru
Clarification 4-2011
m the red team runs towards the blue team’s dead ball line. Opponent B approaches A from in fron ... r A from the red team runs towards the blue team’s dead ball line. Opponent B approaches A from behin