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2026-11 Law change - Hip drop tackles
y; or a hip drop tackle . *viewer discretion advised Further work will be done ahead of 1 Novembe ... Hip drop tackles – Law change in effect from 1 November 2026 Concern has been raised about rare actions in our game that are known as ‘hip drop tackles.’ They often lead to significant injurie ... p-drop tackle: When a ball carrier… - is grasped or tackled from the side or behin
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y line. Hip drop tackle When a ball carrier is grasped or tackled from the side or behin ... t in the tackle area, to ground. The action often lands on the player’s lower limbs. D Dead The ball is dea ... e or the ground. Drop-kick After being intentionally dropped to the ground from the hand or hand ... g that player fulfills their obligations as an arriving player at a tackle. Forward Towards the opposition’
Laws app - what's new
What's new in the Laws of Rugby app? The newest update comes first: November 2026 Hip drop tackle added to law 9.13 and definitions (all languages) Head Contact Process - November 202 ... s (French) October 2026 A new Law Application Guideline concerning knee-drop tackles Wordings for Hip drop tackle law change (effective 1 November 2026) Translation updates (Japanese, French) July 202
9 Foul play
p drop tackle. Sanction: Penalty. 9.14 A player must not tackle an opponent wh ... t not intentionally prevent an opponent from tackling or attempting to tackle the ball-carrier. Sanctio ... g, trampling, tripping or kicking. Sanction: Penalty. 9.13 A player must not tackle an opponen ... g to tackle an opponent which leads to head contact; or tackling or attempting to tackle an opponen
Clarification 8-2003
d to Law 15 Tackle & Law 17 Maul: We would be grateful for clarification of your ruling of 7th Jun ... s a tackle. Otherwise the defence of certain situations would appear impossible e.g.: • Players of Tea ... d. Binding-Definition: Grasping firmly another player's body between the shoulder and the hi ... o is a ball-carrier (who is already bound to a team mate) from shoulder to hip with at least one arm aroun