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Offside at scrum, ruck or maul
Shoulders parallel with touchline. Arm hanging straight down, swings in arc along offside line.
Offside at the ruck - May 2014
When a scrum half attempts to retrieve the ball from a ruck, the ball is not out until that player has picked the ball up from the ground. In the clip the scrum half is taken out by the player before the ball is off the ground and this would be deemed to be offside by the player tackling the scrum half. If, however, the scrum half had picked up the ball and a defending player tackles the scru
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 ... s the offside line. An offside player must not interfere with play. This includes: a. Playing the bal ... d. Loitering in an offside position. 10.2 A player can be offside anywhere in the playing are
2025-07 Law clarification - Offside players when ball is in touch
World Rugby have issued a new formal law clarification relating to the status of an offside player when the ball goes into touch, and a quick throw-in is taken. This can be found here .
Offside in the lineout
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Offside choice: penalty or scrum
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Law 10: Offside and onside in open play
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Offside under 10-metre law or not 10 metres at penalty and free-kicks
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General play
These 20 questions will all relate to general play in rugby union - Advantage, scoring, offside in open play, knock and throw forwards, players on the ground in open play, the mark, touch, penalties, free kicks and in-goal.
2024-07 Law changes
On 9 May 2024, World Rugby Council agreed to law changes in three areas covering: Offsid ... 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 ... p; The new wording makes clear that any player who is offside in open play needs to take actio
15 Ruck
s no lower than their hips. Sanction: Free-kick. Offside at a ruck 15.4 Each team has an offsid ... t. If that point is on or behind the try line, the offside line for that team is the try line. At a ruck, the offside line runs through the hindmost point of the hindmost player of either team. The player in the yellow jersey on the right-hand side is offside. Joining a ruck 15.5 An arriving player mus
Definitions
s in an offside position is loitering. A loiterer who prevents the opposing team from playing the bal ... r part of the body is supported by the ground or players on the ground. Offside A positiona
Enforcement of current Law - June 2012
At a meeting in May 2012, the Laws Representation Group (LRG) considered the areas of the Game where, it had been agreed by the LRG/Rugby Committee/IRB Council, Law amendments were not required but that current Law was to be enforced by match officials including: 1. Ball ripped from a ball carry not to be considered a knock-on 2. Offside when the ball is kicked to touc
Clarification 2-2021
o are in front of their teammate who has kicked the ball. These players are offside player ... w requires the offside players to retire behind an onside team-mate. If there is an onside team-mate(s) who has run forward beyond the offside players , and is now positioned in front of them, the offside players have no action to accomplish. THEY ARE BEHIND AN ONSIDE TEAM-MATE. Under the ol
Maul - June 2026
t either join a maul from an onside position or retire behind their offside line immediately. Sanctio ... m their own side (behind or alongside the hindmost player), or join their offside line. Offside lines – Maul A maul in open play Law 16.4 : Each team has an offside line that runs paralle ... e. If that foot is on or behind the try line, the offside line for that team is the try line. A mau
14 Tackle
e, to the ground. Sanction: Penalty. f. Remain on or behind their offside line. Sanction: Penalt ... d the tackler does so from the direction of their own try line. Sanction: Penalty. 14.10 Offsid ... h is on the ground. Each team’s offside line runs parallel to the try line through the hindmost point of an ... e, the offside line for that team is the try line. Offside lines created by player on feet over bal
16 Maul
3 Once formed, a maul must move towards a try line. Maul not formed Offside at a maul 16.4 Each team has an offside line that runs parallel to the try line through the maul participants’ hindmos ... e, the offside line for that team is the try line. 16.5 A player must either join a maul from an onside position or retire behind their offside line immediately. Sanction: Penalty. 16.6 Players who leav
Clarification 3-2025
R), we would like to formally request a law clarification regarding the offside status of players whe ... o are offside at the time the ball goes into touch are still considered offside when a quick thro ... e specific questions: 1) First clip – Offside players ahead of the kicker, more tha ... e for the opposing team. At what point is the offside player put back onside if they retreat? 2) &nbs
Enforcement of current Law - May 2015
c) The ripper must be bound – it will be accidental offside Tournament video with kin
Five key areas of refereeing June 2012
t of the kicker of their side must not advance until onside and offside players within 10metre
Laws app - what's new
d into full law (the GLT designation removed from laws content) Minor changes to law wording ... s Clarification relating to status of offside player when ball goes into touch and a quick thro ... g the app for first time, and for content updates for existing users January 2025 New ap
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
y: a. Join the lineout. b. Retire to the offside line of the non-participating players of their own tea ... n is empty. 18.28 If those players move anywhere else, they are offside. Sanction: Penalty. 18.2 ... y. Offside at a lineout 18.30 All lineout players are onside if they remain on their sid ... d the player or the ground, the offside line for lineout players is the mark of touch. Afte
19 Scrum
s in from the mark of touch. The non-offending team. Offside in open play (scrum optio ... e it”. The team must then play the ball out of the scrum immediately. Sanction: Scrum. Offsid ... e of the tunnel, or Sanction: Penalty. b. Permanently retires to a point on the offside line eithe ... n the hindmost foot of a team is in in-goal or within five metres of that team’s try line, the offside lin
XRugby
e is made, two offside lines are created, parallel to the goal lines, one for each team. Each offside lin ... d and they have made a move to step, run, pass or kick the ball. The offside line remains until the bal
Tag Rugby
d next restart Law 11: Offside in General Play 11.1 In general play, a player is offsid ... d the ball. Offside means that a player is temporarily out of the game. Such players are liabl ... d, this player is offside and cannot make a tackle until the player has been put onside. The followin ... o is onside, runs in front of the offside player, that player is put onside. (b) When an opponent, wh
Clarification 2-2018
h is on the ground (tackled player, tackler). At this point the offside line is created. A player on their fee ... g that the Law creating offside lines when the first arriving player gets over the ball was intended solely to address the “no offside lines at a tackle” issue, and that it wasnot intended to modif ... e: The Law creating offside lines when the first arriving player gets over the ball wasintended solel
Enforcement of current law - refereeing at the breakdown - March 2020
m behind their offside line. A player may join alongside but not in front of the hindmost playe
20 Penalty and free-kick
m the touchline on the mark of touch. Offside at a phase of play. At the offending team’s offside lin
Beach Fives Rugby
o then commits a second cautionable offence must be sent-off. Law 11: Offside Refer also to: 11.2 Offside in general play 11.2 & 11.3 Being put onside 11.6 Accidental offside 11.9 Loitering (excluding reference to kicks) 11.1 In general play a player is offside when ahead of a team mate who is carrying the ball or ahead of a team mate who last played it. An offside player is temporarily out of the gam
Side entry - July 2022
d their offside line. Ruck law 15.6 - A player may join alongside but not in front of the hindmost playe
Beach Touch Rugby
d cautionable offence must be sent-off. Law 11: Offside 11.1 In general play a player is offside whe ... d it. An offside player is temporarily out of the game, and liable to sanction if taking part in the game. Sanctio
Beach Tag Rugby
t be sent-off. Law 11: Offside 11.1 In general play a player is offside when ahead of a team mate who is carrying the ball or ahead of a team mate who last played it. An offside player is temporaril
9 Foul play
Principle A player who commits foul play must either be cautioned or shown a yellow card or be sent off. Obstruction 9.1 When a player and an opponent are running for the ball, neither player may charge or push the other except shoulder-to-shoulder. Sanction: Penalty. 9.2 An offside player must not intentionally obstruct an opponent or interfere with play. Sanction: Penalty. 9.
Touch Rugby
e must be sent-off. Law 11: Offside 11.1 In general play, a player is offside if the player is in fron ... l. Offside means that a player is temporarily out of the game. Such players are liable to be penalise
Clarification 2-2026
p; Offside at a ruck - 15.4: Each team has an offside line that runs parallel to the try line through the hindmost point of any ruck participant. If that point is on or behind the try line, the offsid
Clarification 7-2009
r in the ruck then a player must bind onto that player in accordance with Law 16.5 (c) – Offside at the ruck. ... y with Law 16.5 - Offside at the ruck, contact may have to occur with an opposition player. This contac
Clarification 3-2011
w would presumably apply and offside players (potentially an entire team) must retire 10m from wher ... t of the kicker are not offside when a charge occurs.” Clarification of the designated member
Clarification 3-2021
d the offside line then they must return to be behind the hindmost foot before being abl
Clarification 8-2009
e accidental offside in accordance with Law 11. 6(a) when a scrum is awarded with the throw in to the no
Clarification 4-2015
e immediately calls the referee and tells him that a player from the winning team was clearly offsid