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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
r end (and not part) of the playing area. Defending team Generally used to define the team in whose hal ... g in possession of the ball in the hand or hands or in the arm or arms. I Infield Within the playing are ... t first landing on the playing area or touching a player or the referee. Kicking tee Any device approve ... s are not part of the playing area. Playing enclosure The playing area plus a space around it, whic
Foreword
s of rugby at an appropriate time, offering them more protection from injury. The age and content of this programme should be determined by each union, depending on the unique characteristics of the playin
1 The ground
s of the playing area are shown in the ground diagram. The ground Dimensions Field of play length In-goal length Width Maximum (metres) 100 22 70 Minimum (metres) 94 6 68 a. The playing are ... s is reduced accordingly. d. Where the width of the playing area is less than 70 metres, the distanc ... 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
w forward may occur anywhere in the playing area. Sanction: Scrum (if the ball goes into touch, the no ... 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 tackle an opponen
3 Team
Numbers 3.1 Each team has no more than 15 players in the playing area during play. 3.2 A matc ... s with players already on the field, then the team nominates another player to leave the playing area to enabl ... r player to leave the playing area to enable an available front-row player to come on. The nominate ... s that player to leave the playing area. 3.23 The referee may also order an injured player to leav
Beach Touch Rugby
s may decide the dimensions of the playing area according to the requirements of the competition. 1. ... 1 Maximum: Each team must have no more than six players on the playing area. Match organisers may var ... g 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 off for foul play: A player sent of
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 area. 10.3 A player wh ... r moves past the offside player and is within or has re-entered the playing area. b. An opponen
Beach Tag Rugby
1 Maximum: Each team must have no more than five players on the playing area. 3.2 More than the permitte ... h 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 off for foul play: A playe ... e the playing area. The referee may also order an injured player to leave the field in order to be medicall
Beach Fives Rugby
r the playing area at the half way line. A player leaving the playing area may do so from any place. 3. ... d order that player to leave the playing area. The referee may also order an injured player to leav ... g wound must leave the playing area. The player may return only when the bleeding has stoppe ... h-line (or touch-in-goal line), picks up the ball, which was stationary within the playing are
2025-07 Global Law Trial - 20-minute red card replacement
t be replaced. For other actions, the player sent off may be replaced after 20 minutes playing time. &nbs ... 0 minutes playing time has elapsed. (Elite rugby only) New definition: Elite Rugby A professiona
5 Time
n to allow more than one minute for that player to be removed from the playing area. b. Consultatio ... 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 reduce the lengt
2024-07 Law changes
d the playing area. b. An opponent of that player: i. Carries the ball five metres; or ii. Passe ... y 2024. From that date, they will be reflected in World Rugby's digital law content. Offsid ... s: a. Playing the ball. b. Tackling the ball-carrier. c. Preventing the opposition from playin ... e position is loitering. A loiterer who prevents the opposing team from playing the ball as they wis
Touch Rugby
Download this document as a printable Adobe PDF fileThe Plan The playing area with broken lines The playing area with cones/markers Introduction World Rugby Leisure Rugby Laws have been designed s ... y Match organisers may decide the dimensions of the playing area according to competitio ... e no more than six players on the playing area. Match organisers may vary the maximum number
14 Tackle
Principle A tackle can take place anywhere in the playing area. The actions of players involve ... e playing the ball. Sanction: Penalty. d. Not play the ball or attempt to tackle an opponent whil ... r off feet and playing the ball at the tackle Player off feet and playing the ball at the tackl ... s possession of the ball and moves away or passes or kicks the ball. c. The ball leaves the tackle area.
4 Permitted clothing
r this law is being worn and the player is subsequently found to be wearing that item on the playing are ... r to leave the playing area to change items of clothing, unless they are bloodstained. World Rugb
6 Match officials
s the score. 6.6 The referee permits access to the playing area for players and replacements, when it is safe to do so. 6.7 The referee gives permission for players to leave the playing area. Howeve ... e or anything beyond it. f. The ball hits anything above the playing area. The ball or ball-carrier touche ... d. Where match officials believe an infringement may have occurred in the playing area leading to a tr
Tag Rugby
Download this document as a printable Adobe PDF fileThe Plan The playing area with broken lines The playing area with cones/markers Introduction World Rugby Leisure Rugby Laws have been designed s ... y Match organisers may decide the dimensions of the playing area according to competition, developmenta ... e no more than seven players on the playing area. 3.2 More than the permitted numbers (a) At any tim
2025-04 Minor law amends to protect medical staff and add minimum perimeter areas
e the match doctor, immediate care professionals, the team doctors, the non-playing members of the team ... r.” Perimeter area A minor addition has also been made to Law 1.3e introducing minimum perimeter areas around the field of play. This gives clarity to stakeholders in this area. Go
Law Application Guideline - January 2023
0 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarded, even if the ball rolls over and ha ... n 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicated their intention to do so, even if the bal
Side entry - July 2022
g, playing and refereeing application has seen a cleaner, safer breakdown, especially aligne ... e at the tackle from the direction of their own goal line before playing the ball. Ruck law 15 Principl
Implementation of the 20minute red card replacement in elite rugby - August 2025
0 minutes playing time has expired (from the initial incident). Matches with a TMO but no FPR ... 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 tim
Shape of the Game: Reinforcement of current law - March 2024
r the field of play following tries. Law 6.29: The following may enter the playing area provide ... d first-aid or immediate (pitch-side) care persons may enter the playing area to attend to injure ... d. Caterpillar Rucks There is universal support for an increased focus on this area. In speeding u ... l in flow more than is sometimes the case at present. Players will be asked to speed up playin
Uncontested Scrums - December 2017
e with uncontested scrums. (c) When a front row player leaves the playing area, whether through injur ... e the playing area to enable an available front row player to come on, the nominated player ma ... f, another player has to be nominated by the team to leave the playing area to enable an available fron
XRugby
s. Law area Law variations The ground The dimensions of the playing area are shown in the groun ... s no more than seven players in the playing area during play. A team may nominate up to fiv ... s it is scored in the “Max Zone” – a 15-metre-wide space in the centre of the in-goal area. Scorin ... o are lapsed from the game and looking for social sport playing opportunities
20 Penalty and free-kick
e the playing area while the ball is in play. On the 15-metre line, in line with where the offence occurre ... d-ball line from the playing area, the mark is where the infringement occurred but no closer than 1 ... m is playing the ball, opposing players must keep retreating the necessary distance. They may not take par
8 Scoring
o is outside the playing area, grounds the ball in the opponents’ in-goal provided the playe ... k is disallowed. GLOBAL LAW TRIAL c. Takes the kick within 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the tr ... k is disallowed and a scrum is awarded. 8.21 The kick must be taken within 60 seconds (playing time) fro
9 Foul play
e. Sanction: Penalty. b. Intentionally knock, place, push or throw the ball with arm or hand from the playing area. Sanction: Penalty. c. Do anything that may lead the match officials to conside ... g, punching, contact with the eye or eye area, striking with any part of the arm, shoulder, head or knee( ... n: Penalty. d. A player may remove the stealer/jackler from the tackle area by pushing/driving the
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
e 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, before landing in touch or touc
2025-01 - Global Law Trials
1 January 2025. From that date, they will be reflected in World Rugby's digital laws content. &nbs ... c. Takes the kick within 60 90 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarded, eve
21 In-goal
n: Penalty. 21.9 If a player is off the playing area, they can make a touch down or score a tr ... m into an in-goal area, they can make a touch down or score a try. 21.8 A tackled player may reach ou
2026-06 Community Tackle Height law wordings approved
w 14 Principle A tackle can take place anywhere in the field of play the playing area. The action
15 Ruck
y continues when either the ball leaves the ruck; the player who is playing the ball away has lifte
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
e in-goal, or they carry the ball off the playing area. (see also law 21.11) b. A kick-of
19 Scrum
s playing the ball in the tunnel. Sanction: Free-kick. f. Scrum-half attempting to make an opponen
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 must be approve ... s and 22-metre lines is reduced accordingly. d. Where the width of the playing area is less than 70 metres, the distance between the 15-metre lines is reduced accordingly. e. The perimeter area shoul
Clarification 1-2002
d-of-play within 15 minutes of leaving the playing area, the replacement becomes permanen ... e 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 extra-tim
8 Scoring
t the kicker. c. Takes the kick within 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarde ... c. Takes the kick within 30 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarded. Sanction: Kic ... n within 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicated their intention to do so, eve ... d. Replaced by: 8.21 The kick must be taken within 30 seconds (playing time) from the time the tea
8 Scoring
d to assist the kicker. c. Takes the kick within 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarde ... d by: c. Takes the kick within 30 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarded. Sanction: Kic ... 0 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicated their intention to do so, even if the bal ... d by: 8.21 The kick must be taken within 30 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicate