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Playing Charter
0+ regularly participate in the playing of the game. The wide variation of skills and physical requirement ... e and ability to participate. Apart from the playing of the game and its ancillary support, rugby embrace ... h on and off the field. The charter covers the basic principles of rugby as they relate to playin
Definitions
t) of the playing area. Defending team Generally used to define the team in whose half pla ... d or hands or in the arm or arms. I Infield Within the playing area, away from the touchline ... t first landing on the playing area or touching a player or the referee. Kicking tee Any devic ... l, must conform to World Rugby Regulation 12. Playing area The field of play plus the in-goal area
Foreword
e and content of this programme should be determined by each union, depending on the unique characteristics of the playing environment within that union.
1 The ground
s of the playing area are shown in the ground diagram. The ground Dimensions Fiel ... m (metres) 94 6 68 a. The playing area is rectangular in shape. b. Any variation ... h of the playing area is less than 70 metres, the distance between the 15-metre lines is reduced accordingl ... 1.1 The surface of the playing enclosure must be safe. 1.2 The permitted surface types are gras
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). (See also 12.12c) 11.2 It is a knock forward when a player, in tackling or attempting to tackl ... n Throw forward 11.6 A throw forward may occur anywhere in the playing area. Sanction: Scru
3 Team
Numbers 3.1 Each team has no more than 15 players in the playing area during play. 3.2 A matc ... d with eight players per side. 3.16 When a front-row player leaves the playing area, whether throug ... y on the field, then the team nominates another player to leave the playing area to enabl ... r to leave the playing area to enable an available front-row player to come on. The nominated playe
Beach Touch Rugby
y decide the dimensions of the playing area according to the requirements of the competition. 1.3 Line ... m: Each team must have no more than six players on the playing area. Match organisers may var ... n 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 off for foul pla
10 Offside and onside in open play
s the offside line. An offside player must not interfere with play. This includes: a. Playing the ball. b. Tackling the ball-carrier. c. Preventing the opposition from playing as they wish. d. Loitering in an offside position. 10.2 A player can be offside anywhere in the playing are ... r and is within or has re-entered the playing area. b. An opponent of that player: i. Kick
Beach Tag Rugby
m: Each team must have no more than five players on the playing area. 3.2 More than the permitted number ... o 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 ... d that the player should stop playing, the referee should order that player to leave the playing are
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. ... s during a match 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 of ... r to leave the playing area. The referee may also order an injured player to leave the field in orde
2025-07 Global Law Trial - 20-minute red card replacement
r cannot be replaced. For other actions, the player sent off may be replaced after 20 minutes playing tim ... d card, after 20 minutes playing time has elapsed. (Elite rugby only) New definition: Elite Rugb
Touch Rugby
Download this document as a printable Adobe PDF file The Plan The playing area with broken lines The playing area with cones/markers Introduction World Rugby Leisure Rugby Laws have been designed s ... h organisers may decide the dimensions of the playing area according to competition, developmenta ... e than six players on the playing area. Match organisers may vary the maximum numbers appropriat
5 Time
s the discretion to allow more than one minute for that player to be removed from the playing area. ... 5.1 A match lasts no longer than 80 minutes (split into two halves, each of not more than 40 minutes plus time lost), unless the match organiser has authorised the playing of extra-time in a draw ... e the playing enclosure. 5.3 In non-international matches, the match organiser may decide to reduc
14 Tackle
Principle A tackle can take place anywhere in the playing area. The actions of players involve ... c. Arrive at the tackle from the direction of their own try line before playing the ball. Sanctio ... t and playing the ball at the tackle Player off feet and playing the ball at the tackle 14.9 An ... s the tackle area. d. The ball is unplayable. If there is doubt about which player did not conform to la
2024-07 Law changes
r and is within or has re-entered the playing area. b. An opponent of that player: i. Carries the bal ... t on 1 July 2024. From that date, they will be reflected in World Rugby's digital law content. &nbs ... e with play. This includes: a. Playing the ball. b. Tackling the ball-carrier. c. Preventing the opposition from playing as they wish. d. Loitering in an offside position 10.4: An offside player ma
4 Permitted clothing
y found to be wearing 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 item
Tag Rugby
Download this document as a printable Adobe PDF file The Plan The playing area with broken lines The playing area with cones/markers Introduction World Rugby Leisure Rugby Laws have been designed s ... h organisers may decide the dimensions of the playing area according to competition, developmenta ... n seven players on the playing area. 3.2 More than the permitted numbers (a) At any time befor
6 Match officials
h half. c. The referee keeps the score. 6.6 The referee permits access to the playing are ... s to leave the playing area. However, a player may access water from their technical area, or from behin ... s anything above the playing area. The ball or ball-carrier touches the referee or non-player 6.1 ... d. Where match officials believe an infringement may have occurred in the playing area leading to a tr
2025-04 Minor law amends to protect medical staff and add minimum perimeter areas
y include the match doctor, immediate care professionals, the team doctors, the non-playing member ... t of a their own player.” Perimeter area A minor addition has also been made to Law 1.3 ... s in this area. Got a question? If you have any questions on any laws matter, please email: law
Law Application Guideline - January 2023
s the kick within 90 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarded, even if the ball rolls ove ... t be taken within 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicated their intention to do s
Side entry - July 2022
e, the coaching, playing and refereeing application has seen a cleaner, safer breakdown, especially aligne ... s must arrive at the tackle from the direction of their own goal line before playing the ball. Ruc
XRugby
n be created with cones or painted lines. Law area Law variations The ground The dimensions of the playing area are shown in the ground diagram. Where two games are played side-by-sid ... e space in the centre of the in-goal area. Scoring within this zone results in a 7-point score. There are no conversions in XRugby. Team Each team has no more than seven players in the playin
8 Scoring
t and grounds the ball. e. Who is outside the playing area, grounds the ball in the opponents’ in-goa ... c. Takes the kick within 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarded, even if the bal ... k is disallowed and a scrum is awarded. 8.21 The kick must be taken within 60 seconds (playing tim
9 Foul play
l with arm or hand from the playing area. Sanction: Penalty. c. Do anything that may lead the matc ... l abuse includes, but is not limited to, biting, punching, contact with the eye or eye area, strikin ... y. d. A player may remove the stealer/jackler from the tackle area by pushing/driving them backward ... t not dispute the referee’s decisions. They must stop playing immediately when the referee blows the whistl
20 Penalty and free-kick
y infringement that takes place outside the playing area while the ball is in play. On the 15-metre lin ... r the dead-ball line from the playing area, the mark is where the infringement occurred but no closer tha ... y or free-kick is taken quickly and the kicker’s team is playing the ball, opposing players must kee
Implementation of the 20minute red card replacement in elite rugby - August 2025
n to play. The player can be replaced after 20 minutes playing time has expired (from the initia ... l) and cannot return to play. The player can be replaced after 20 minutes playing time has expired (fro ... d, the player sent off can be replaced by an available replacement after 20 minutes playing time.&nbs
Shape of the Game: Reinforcement of current law - March 2024
s. Law 6.29 : The following may enter the playing area provided they do not interfere with pla ... d or immediate (pitch-side) care persons may enter the playing area to attend to injured players at any tim ... d. Caterpillar Rucks There is universal support for an increased focus on this area. In speedin ... s will be asked to speed up playing the ball after it is clearly won and available in a ruck. This will limi
Uncontested Scrums - December 2017
y start or continue with uncontested scrums. (c) When a front row player leaves the playing are ... s to be nominated by the team to leave the playing area to enable an available front row player to com ... t of a front row player being sent off, another player has to be nominated by the team to leave the playing area to enable an available front row player to come on, the nominated player may ac
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
l reaches the plane of touch but is caught, knocked or kicked 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, befor
15 Ruck
n either the ball leaves the ruck; the player who is playing the ball away has lifted the ball fro
21 In-goal
d it is done immediately. Sanction: Penalty. 21.9 If a player is off the playing area, they can mak ... s momentum that carries them into an in-goal area, they can make a touch down or score a try. 21.
2025-01 - Global Law Trials
l laws content . Timings Rationale: Shorter stoppages in play Conversion reduced to 60 seconds Law 8.8 d. c. Takes the kick within 60 90 seconds (playing time) from the tim
2026-06 Community Tackle Height law wordings approved
p; Tackle - Law 14 Principle A tackle can take place anywhere in the field of play the playing are
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
f the playing area. (see also law 21.11 ) b. A kick-off or restart goes into in-goa
19 Scrum
k into the scrum once it has left. Sanction: Free-kick. e. Non-front-row players playing the bal
1 The ground
GAME-ON 1.3 [Replacement] 1.3 The dimensions of the playing area are shown in the ground diagram. a. The playing area is rectangular in shape. b. Any variations to these dimensions mus ... e lines and 22-metre lines is reduced accordingly. d. Where the width of the playing area is les ... r area should not be less than five metres wide where practicable. Replaced by: 1.
Clarification 1-2002
n to the field-of-play within 15 minutes of leaving the playing area, the replacement becomes permanen ... l time and not playing time.
5 Time
Under-19 5.1 [Replacement] 5.1 A match lasts no longer than 80 minutes (split into two halves, each of not more than 40 minutes plus time lost), unless the match organiser has authorised the playing of extra-time in a drawn match within a knock-out competition. Replaced by: 5.1 A match lasts 70 minutes (split into two halves, each of not more than 35 minutes) plus time lost. No extr
8 Scoring
g else may be used to assist the kicker. c. Takes the kick within 60 seconds (playing time) fro ... k is disallowed. Replaced by: c. Takes the kick within 30 seconds (playing time) from the tim ... d 8.21 [Replacement] 8.21 The kick must be taken within 60 seconds (playing time) from the tim ... n within 30 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicated their intention to do so. Sanctio
8 Scoring
g else may be used to assist the kicker. c. Takes the kick within 60 seconds (playing time) fro ... k is disallowed. Replaced by: c. Takes the kick within 30 seconds (playing time) from the tim ... d 8.21 [Replacement] 8.21 The kick must be taken within 60 seconds (playing time) from the tim ... n 30 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicated their intention to do so. Sanction: Kic