World Rugby Passport

Dangerous tackles (high tackles) - February 2011

s: A player must not tackle (or try to tackle) an opponent above the line of the shoulders even if the tackle starts below the line of the shoulders. A tackle around the opponent’s neck or head is dangerous play. A stiff-arm tackle is dangerous play. A player makes a stiff-arm tackle when using a stif ... d. An illegal high tackle involving a stiff arm or swinging arm to the head of the opponen

Definitions

h a yellow carded player must remain. Stiff-arm tackle An illegal tackle whereby a player uses a stiff arm to strike the ball-carrier. T Tackle The method of holding a ball-carrie ... s with the whole arm in contact from hand to shoulder. Blood injury Uncontrolled active bleeding. 'Brak ... e a player laterally rolls/twists or pulls a player, who is on their feet in the tackle are

11 Knock forward or throw forward

e also 12.12c) 11.2 It is a knock forward when a player, in tackling or attempting to tackl ... t not intentionally knock the ball forward with hand or arm. Sanction: Penalty. 11. ... r and the ball goes forward from the original ball carrier’s hand or arm. knock forward Charge dow

Decision-making framework for high tackles - May 2019

g the tackle behaviour that is known to be the highest risk. Three step process to use the framework INITIAL DECISION Is the tackle a shoulder charge or high tackle? DEFINITIONS Shoulder charge Ar ... k, or “pulling out” of contact Tackler speed and/or acceleration into tackle is high Rigid arm or elbo ... k, with low degree of danger, and mitigation is not applied High tackle with contact from the tackler’s ar

Charging into the ruck - February 2010

g the whole arm. The bind must either precede, or be simultaneous with, contact with any other par

Head Contact Process - March 2021

F View video examples of the Head Contact Process for: High Tackle|guidelines/18 Shoulder Charg ... r of choice’ for tacklers is crucial, especially as 72% of head injuries occur in the tackle. Gold 12 drops his weight down and through the low tackle attempt from black 15 White 8 braces to present all the hard points, bouncing off green 2’s low tackle attempt Green 8 braces to present al

Entering tackle from wrong direction

Arm held horizontally then sweep of the arm in a semi-circle.

Maul - June 2026

y contest possession with their other arm, or may continue pushing/driving on the maul, but mus ... e. “Bound” means with the whole arm in contact from hand to shoulder. &nbs ... t from tackling or attempting to tackle the ball-carrier. Sanction: Penalty. At a lineout, lifter ... s” for the opponents to tackle or drive on the jumper (ball carrier) when they get to ground, otherwis

Five key areas of refereeing June 2012

s and the reasons are as below. 1. All areas of the tackle law to be strictly applied Tackle ... g of props on body, not arm, of opponent. Hit straight and stay straight 5 Mau

19 Scrum

l was made dead. The attacking team. An unplayable tackle or ruck. In the scrum zone at the point closest to where the tackle or ruck took place. The team last moving forward. A mau ... y with at least one arm. Sanction: Penalty. 19.8 The two groups face each other, either side of and paralle ... y, the referee calls “bind”. a. Each loose-head prop binds by placing the left arm inside the righ

21 In-goal

Grounding the ball 21.1 The ball can be grounded in in-goal: a. By holding it and touching the ground with it; or b. By pressing down on it with a hand or hands, arm or arms, or the front of the player’s body from waist to neck. 21.2 Picking up a ball is not grounding it. A player may pick up the ball in in-goal and ground it elsewhere in in-goal. 21.3 An attacking playe

9 Foul play

3 A player must not intentionally prevent an opponent from tackling or attempting to tackle the bal ... l with arm or hand from the playing area. Sanction: Penalty. c. Do anything that may lead the matc ... g with any part of the arm, shoulder, head or knee(s), stamping, trampling, tripping or kicking. Sanction: Penalty. 9.13 A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerousl

Beach Fives Rugby

l to another player. Any player may tackle, hold or push an opponent holding the ball. Any player ma ... w Forward 12.1 A knock-on occurs when a player loses ball possession, or contacts the ball with hand or ar ... t not intentionally knock the ball forward with hand or arm, nor throw forward. Sanction: Free kick. A penalt ... d: No Tackle 14.1 This situation occurs when the ball is available on the ground and a player goes to groun

16 Maul

e transferred the ball. There can be no long-arm transfer to another player. Sanction: Penalty. 16.

Law Application Guideline - January 2023

d. Tackle law 14.8a Other players must: Remain on their feet and release the ball and the bal ... d or arm. Sanction: Penalty. 11.4 It is not an intentional knock-on if, in the act of trying to catc

Side entry - July 2022

y message is that players “square up” to enter the breakdown/ruck. Existing law: Tackle Law 14. ... d with [their tackle] responsibilities and a ruck has not formed. Tackle law 14.8c - Other players must arrive at the tackle from the direction of their own goal line before playing the ball. Ruc ... r the tackle zone relatively square facing toward the opposition goal line. Direction of goal lin

Beach Touch Rugby

l to another player. Any player may touch tackle a player holding the ball. Any player may ground the bal ... l possession, or contacts the ball with hand or arm, and the ball goes forward to touch the groun ... l knock or throw forward: A player must not intentionally knock the ball forward with hand or arm, no ... e of the opponents. Law 14: Ball on the Ground: No Tackle 14.1 If the ball goes to ground a free pas

XRugby

e after the replaced player has left the field of play. Tackle The tackler must grasp the bal ... s with, or prior to, shoulder contact. A player must not tackle, or attempt to tackle, an opponent above the line of the armpit, even if the tackle starts below the line of the armpit. When a tackl ... m not involved in the tackle may play the ball only by entering from behind the hindmost body par

Touch Rugby

e at the next tackle or when the ball next becomes dead. Each team then loses one more player until a golde ... n a tackle (match organisers may decide to continue play until the last tackle has been made) or thro ... e the ball to another player. Any player may touch tackle a player holding the ball. Any player may groun ... n play, up to and including the fifth tackle, for developmental purposes. Should an event occur whic

Beach Tag Rugby

s the ball with hand or arm, and the ball goes forward to touch the ground or another player befor ... d: A player must not intentionally knock the ball forward with hand or arm, nor throw forward. Sanctio ... 4: Ball on the Ground: No Tackle 14.1 When a team causes the ball to go to ground or a ball carrie ... s on the ground, that player is on the ground. Law 15: Tackle 15.1 A tackle occurs when the bal

Tag Rugby

e 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 has been made), knock-on or throw forwar ... l to another player. (e) Any player may tackle (remove a tag from) a player holding the ball. (f) Any playe ... n advantage is being played due to a late/early tackle. Another attacking player may take up a positio

18 Touch, quick throw and lineout

f, or a tackle, ruck or maul took place within the half, or an opponent touched the ball within the hal ... d The defending team took the ball into their 22, no tackle, ruck or maul took place and no opponent touche ... r the defending team did not take the ball into their 22 or a tackle, ruck or maul took place within the 2 ... l with the outside arm only if they have both hands above their head. Sanction: Free-kick. c. Lift or suppor