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Key contests – Lineout & Scrum
These eight questions will all relate to the quick throw-in, lineout and scrum
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
o players from each team are required to form a lineout. The lineout GLOBAL LAW TRIAL 18.12 Team ... m throwing in determines the maximum number of players that each team may have in the lineout. 18.1 ... r players, but not more in the lineout than the throwing team. Sanction: Free-kick. 18.15 The no ... h team may have only one receiver. Sanction: Free-kick. 18.17 Once the lineout is formed, player
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
GAME-ON Addition: Match organisers may determine that teams should not lift and/or contest in the lineout
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
Sevens 18.8 Where the game is restarted with a lineout and which team throws in is determined as follows: a. General Event Location of the mark of touch Who throw ... e or the ground beyond it. The opposition. 18.12 [Replacement] 18.12 Teams form the lineout withi ... m the lineout within 15 seconds of the assistant referee or touch judge indicating the mark of touch. Sanctio
Barging in lineout
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Offside in the lineout
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Throw at lineout not straight
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Closing gaps in lineout
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Early lifting and lifting in lineout
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Leaning on player in lineout
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Pushing opponent in lineout
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Law 18: Touch, quick throw and lineout
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Definitions
e consisting of a line of at least two players from each team waiting to receive a throw from touch. Lineout players The players in either line of a lineout. Loiter/Loitering A player who remain ... P Participating players at a lineout These consist of lineout players, one receiver from eac ... n the referee blows the whistle to stop play; or when the ball is in touch and a lineout should tak
Playing Charter
y. These are the boundaries within which players and referees must operate and it is the capacity to make this fin ... s not with one individual - it involves coaches, captains, players and referees. It is throug ... w-in to the lineout. Similarly, the team knocking the ball on or passing the ball forward is denie ... d are: A Sport For All The laws provide players of different physiques, skills, genders and age
11 Knock forward or throw forward
Knock Forward 11.1 A knock forward may occur anywhere in the playing area. Sanction: Scrum (if the ball goes into touch, the non-offending team may opt instead for a quick-throw or lineout). (Se ... s into touch, the non-offending team may opt instead for a quick-throw or lineout). 11.3 A player mus ... m (if the ball goes into touch, the non-offending team may opt instead for a quick-throw or lineou
2025-01 - Global Law Trials
p; Quicker conversions A new set time to form a lineout (in line with 30 seconds at the scrum) Cleaner play away from the ruck/maul/scrum Not straight at uncontested lineout = play on The followin ... l laws content . Timings Rationale: Shorter stoppages in play Conversio ... n: Kick disallowed Clauses b, c, d then relettered a, b, c Lineout formation time additio
IRB Maul Working Group Outcomes - August 2009
d to be, and actually can be, a form of ‘legalised obstruction’. This is evidenced by players at the bac ... l at the formation; this includes the formation of the maul at a lineout and from a maul formed after kic ... n at lineout Clip 1b - Obstruction at lineout Clip 1c - Legal at lineou ... d into the maul by other players involved in the maul. Clip 2a - Legal Clip 2b - Lega
10 Offside and onside in open play
Principle The game is played only by players who are onside. Offside and onside in open play 10.1 A player is offside in open play if that player is in front of a team-mate who is carryin ... n. Retiring from a ruck, maul, scrum or lineout 10.9 A player who is offside at a ruck, maul, scrum or lineout remains offside, even after the ruck, maul, scrum or lineout has ended. 10.10 The playe
2024-07 Law changes
t on 1 July 2024. From that date, they will be reflected in World Rugby's digital law content. Offside in front of a kicker Rationale: Teams and players have recognised that in a kick battl ... s created freedom for players to loiter in the middle and wait for a kick tennis battle to conclude.&nbs ... s in many players. The Shape of Game meeting showed clear support for removing the specific action in la
20 Penalty and free-kick
n 15 metres from the touchline. Any infringement in a lineout. 15 metres fro ... d choose a scrum. 20.4 A team awarded: a. a penalty at a lineout may instead choose a lineout or a scrum at the same mark. b. a free-kick at a lineout may instead choose a lineout at the sam ... y or free-kick is taken quickly and the kicker’s team is playing the ball, opposing players must kee
Maul - June 2026
r or the ground, the offside line for lineout players is the mark of touch. After that, their offside lin ... n in rugby union in which both the attack and defence must comply with the law. Players must joi ... o or more players and swinging up, or round, the side. Any player bound on the outside of the maul, ma ... n. Players must leave the maul if they become unbound or are not in a position to push/driv
5 Time
e for: a. Replacement of players. b. Replacing or repairing players’ clothing. c. Re-tying a boo ... d unless: a. A scrum, lineout or restart kick, awarded before time expired, has not been completed and the ball has not returned to open play. This includes when the lineout or restart kick is take
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
n of the kick being retaken or a scrum. b. Opposition players must be on or behind the 10-metre lin ... e of the following: a. The kick being retaken. b. Scrum. c. Lineout. d. Quick-throw. 12. ... l was kicked; or A lineout; or A quick-throw. 12.14 An opponent must not advance in fron
Law Application Guideline - January 2023
e was created for players, match officials and spectators alike. As we near the showcase men’s rugb ... p the game Players and match officials are reminded of the following existing laws which nee ... m is awarded. Law 9.7d A player must not waste time. Sanction: Free Kick Law 18.12 Lineout: Teams form the lineout without delay. Sanction: Free-kick. Law 19.4 Scrum: Teams must be ready to for
XRugby
t A lineout is formed by any three players from each team. Two players take positions in the lineou ... d intensity contact Designed to introduce new players to the game and retain those at risk of dropping ou ... s all recognise a need to expand ways to grow the game New rugby players from tier one unions showe ... e. There are no conversions in XRugby. Team Each team has no more than seven players in the playin
21 In-goal
d), the ball is in touch in the field of play and a lineout is awarded to the opposition. 21. ... h down, defending players may knock the ball backwards, or pull the ball from the player’s possessio
19 Scrum
s in A knock forward in the field of play or throw forward, apart from at a lineout. In the scru ... k forward or throw forward at a lineout; incorrect throw at a lineout; incorrect quick throw. 15 metre ... g made. Sanction: Free-kick. 19.5 When both teams have 15 players, eight players from each team bin ... s and one hooker in the front row and two locks in the second row. Three back-row players from eac
8 Scoring
k is disallowed. The opposing team at a conversion 8.14 All players retire to their try line and d ... d by other players in these actions. Sanction: If the opposing team at a conversion attempt infringe ... d a free-kick (including where they opt for a lineout instead) cannot score a dropped goal until the bal
Beach Touch Rugby
y Laws of the Game Law 2. 2.2 The ball must be size 4. Law 3: Number of Players: The Team 3.1 Maximum: Each team must have no more than six players on the playing area. Match organisers may var ... r of players in the opponent’s team. As soon as the referee knows that a team has too many player ... d when scored by a team with more than the permitted number of players. Sanction: Free pass at the plac
Beach Tag Rugby
s of the Game Law 2. 2.2 The ball must be size 4. Law 3: Number of Players: The Team 3.1 Maximum: Each team must have no more than five players on the playing area. 3.2 More than the permitted number ... t the number of players in the opponent’s team. As soon as the referee knows that a team has too many players, the referee must order the captain of that team to reduce the number appropriately. A tr
Beach Fives Rugby
r of Players: The Team 3.1 Maximum: Each team must have no more than five players on the playing area. 3. ... e an objection to the referee about the number of players in the opponent’s team. As soon as the referee knows that a team has too many players, the referee must order the captain of that team to reduc ... r of players. Sanction: Free kick at the place where the game would restart 3.3 Players nominate
Touch Rugby
e and developmental purposes. Law 3: Number of Players - The Team 3.1 Maximum: Each team must have no more than six players on the playing area. Match organisers may vary the maximum numbers appropriat ... r of players in the opponent’s team. As soon as the referee knows that a team has too many player ... d or controlled and covered. Law 4: Players’ Clothing 4.1 A player wears a jersey, vest or t-shir
Tag Rugby
e and developmental purposes. Law 3: Number of Players - The Team 3.1 Maximum: Each team must have no more than seven players on the playing area. 3.2 More than the permitted numbers (a) At any time before or during a match a team captain may make an objection to the referee about the number of players in the opponent’s team. As soon as the referee knows that a team has too many players, the referee mus
Clarification 5-2002
r, often being supported both in front and behind by players who were in the lineout at formation. Howeve ... s in the lineout. [i.e. lineout players, under 'definitions'] And, Law 19.7(c) states that the opposing team may have fewer lineout players but they must not have more. The query is as follows: ( ... n the lineout is formed with an equal number of players from each team? (2) If he is not, then how is 19.7(
Clarification 9-2002
m in the Lineout steps out to take his place as receiver?" The number of players in the Lineou ... t in the lineout include the two players waiting to receive the ball. Law 19.10 Exception 2 allow ... d to the "receiver in the Lineout" . Our question concerns the timing of the receiver's action of stepping into the Lineout. (1) "Is it correct to assume that the receiver of the team throwing in may ste
Clarification 9-2009
Ruling in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby Committee Clarification 9-2009 Union / HP Ref Manager IRFU Law Reference 19 Date 2009-11-11 Request The IRFU request a Ruling related to the lineout. Do the provisions of Law 19.8 (i) apply to Law 19.11 Exception 2? Ruling of the designate ... h means that a receiver cannot run into a gap in the lineout until the ball has left the hand
Clarification 1-2016
h occurred on the weekend of May 14. With England leading 17 to 12, they had the throw-in to a lineou ... s the match as there has been an offence that ensures that the ball is dead after the lineout has bee ... k is specific that there are six ways a lineout can end (Law 19.9 (b)), and the ball not being thrown straight is not one of them. It is the coaches’ view, and my view, that the lineout is therefore incomplet
Clarification 2-2002
s of the Game 2001, amongst others Law 19 'Touch and Lineout' was amended. In particular, Law 19.11( ... t of the previous law was deleted, that when a player peels off the Lineout, that player must keep movin ... l the Lineout had ended? Ruling of the designated members of the Rugby Committee It was intended that Law 19 1
Clarification 2-2006
e If the penalty kick is for goal, then it is a lineout defending team to throw in. Law 21.4(d). If the penalty kick is for touch, therefore no place kick, then it is a lineout attacking team to throw in. The lineout in either of these situations may not be closer than 5 metres from the goal line. Law 19.
Clarification 1-2003
y run into a gap in the lineout and receive the ball. If he does not receive the ball he is therefor ... y to the receiver of the non-throwing team. (2) The receiver who has run into the lineout and doe ... t to take the ball. (3) Dummy jumpers are not illegal but the receiver who enters the lineout must mak ... g of entry into the lineout). The receiver may not act as a dummy jumper. (4) The opposing receive