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Touch Rugby
e guidelines and principles in place for Touch Rugby. Unions having jurisdiction over their developmenta ... h with the goal line and half way lines acting as touch lines. This will normally be 70m long from goal line to goal line and 50m wide from touch line to touch line. 1.3 Lines on the playing enclosure Any extr ... e awards a ruck ball, ground touch or free pass to the team that last played the ball. (b) If either tea
Touch and team to throw
Raises flag with one arm, moves to the mark of touch and stands there, pointing with the other arm towards the team entitled to throw.
Beach Touch Rugby
o that there are some guidelines and principles in place for Beach Touch Rugby. Unions having jurisdictio ... g or inflatable surrounds and include: The dead ball lines and touch-in-goal lines which are outside the fiel ... e the field of play The touch lines which are outside the field of play 1.4 Objections to the groun ... 1 A match is started by a free pass, ground touch or uncontested punt. After the start, any player wh
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
s a touchline, the ball is in touch and becomes dead. Quick-throws and lineouts are methods of restarting the game with a throw after the ball or ball-carrier has gone into touch. Touch or touch-in-goal 18.1 The ball is in touch or touch-in-goal when: a. A ball not being held by a player, touches the touchline, touch-in-goal line or anything beyond; or a ball being held, or the ball-carrie
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
m the lineout within 15 seconds of the assistant referee or touch judge indicating the mark of touch. Sanctio ... d as follows: a. General Event Location of the mark of touch Who throws in A player, in their own half, kicks the ball indirectly into touch in the opposition’s 22. Eithe ... l-carrier goes into touch or kicks the ball indirectly into touch (other than kicking from inside their ow
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 .
Law 18: Touch, quick throw and lineout
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18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
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Definitions
y and assist the referee with other in-match decisions. (see also Touch Judge) Attacking tea ... h Judge A match official who can only assist the referee by signalling touch, touch in-goa ... d by a player in their own half, and it goes indirectly into touch in the opposition’s 22. The ball mus ... n. Assistant referee A formally-appointed match official who can assist the referee by signalling touc
Playing Charter
d to kick for touch because of its inability to maintain the play is, generally, denied the thro
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.
21 In-goal
s the ball in in-goal and simultaneously makes contact with the touch-in-goal line or the dead-ball lin ... r grounds the ball in in-goal and simultaneously makes contact with the touch line (or the ground beyond), the ball is in touch in the field of play and a lineout is awarded to the opposition. 21.6 A defending player grounding the ball in in-goal results in a touch down. 21.7 If a tackled player ha
6 Match officials
r aspects of the referee’s duties. 6.14 The referee may alter a decision after a touch judg ... y of the match organiser, each team provides a touch judge. 6.20 The match organiser may nominate a perso ... d the reserve touch judge or reserve assistant referee and is situated in the perimeter area. 6.2 ... t their duties are and may overrule their decisions. If a touch judge is unsatisfactory, the referee may as
Head injury assessment required
Abducted arm flexes and extends to touch head.
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
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
20 Penalty and free-kick
e, in line with where the offence occurred or if the offence occurred in touch-in-goal or beyon ... m the touchline on the mark of touch. Offside at a phase of play. At the offending team’s offside lin ... m the touchline. If the ball lands in touch, the optional penalty is on the 15-metre line, in line with where it went into touch. If the ball lands, or is next played before landing, within 1
Beach Fives Rugby
e of tape, rope, string or inflatable surrounds and include: The dead ball lines and touch-in-goal line ... n the in-goal areas but outside the field of play The touch lines which are outside the field of play 1. ... t time the ball becomes dead. Law 6: Match Officials 6.A Before the Match, 6.B Touch Judge ... m, and the ball goes forward to touch the ground or another player before this player gain
1 The ground
n in the ground diagram. The solid lines are on: a. The dead-ball lines and touch-in-goal lines. ... h with a minimum height of 1.2 metres. 1.9 One flag post is positioned at each intersection of the touch-in-goal lines and the try lines and one at each intersection of the touch-in-goal line
Beach Tag Rugby
g or inflatable surrounds and include: The dead ball lines and touch-in-goal lines which are outside the fiel ... e the field of play The touch lines which are outside the field of play 1.4 Objections to the groun ... s the ball with hand or arm, and the ball goes forward to touch the ground or another player befor ... f of the match. Restarts are taken as free passes and occur after a score or a touch down. The match organiser
Five key areas of refereeing June 2012
e. 4. Scrum Four calls and four actions: crouch means crouch, touch means touch, etc. Bindin
Tag Rugby
h with the goal line and half way lines acting as touch lines. This will normally be 70m long from goal line to goal line and 50m wide from touch line to touch line. 1.3 Lines on the playing enclosure Any extr ... l is in the possession of a defending player, the referee will award a touch down. Law 7: Mode of Play 7. ... r loses ball possession, or contacts the ball with a hand or arm, and the ball goes forward to touc
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
e, play continues. 12.8 If the ball goes directly into touch, the non-kicking team chooses on ... n or a scrum. d. Must not go directly into touch. Sanction: The opposing team chooses one of the followin ... t touching any player and an opponent grounds the ball without delay or it goes into touch-in-goa
2025-04 Minor law amends to protect medical staff and add minimum perimeter areas
g of a referee and two assistant referees or touch judges but may also include a television match officia
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
2026-07 Law updates
r carrying the ball into in-goal near the corner flag and who is then tackled into touch-in-goal befor
Maul - June 2026
r or the ground, the offside line for lineout players is the mark of touch. After that, their offside line is a line through the ball. Law 18.33 : When a ruck or maul forms at the mark of touc ... k of touch. Therefore, any player who moves past the ball while a maul is forming; joins the mau
5 Time
c. A penalty is kicked for touch and goes dead without the ball first being tapped and without the bal
10 Offside and onside in open play
s gone into touch, providing the player was complying with law until that point. 10.8 A player offsid
2025-01 - Global Law Trials
l laws content . Timings Rationale: Shorter stoppages in play Conversio ... t: a. be thrown in straight along the mark of touch towards a lineout player; Sanctio
8 Scoring
y - when a scrum reaches the try line Scoring a try - a player in touch-in-goal who is not holdin ... 3 If the ball falls over and rolls into touch after the kicker begins the approach to kick, the kic
9 Foul play
l is kicked directly into touch, on the 15-metre line in line with where the ball crossed the touchline; or If the ball lands in in-goal, touch-in-goal or on or over the dead-ball line, five metres fro
2024-07 Law changes
t on 1 July 2024. From that date, they will be reflected in World Rugby's digital law content. &nbs ... t in long periods of dead time with resets, leading to more FKs, penalties and then kicks to touc
XRugby
s into touch before touching the ground, a tap and play is awarded to the non-offending tea
19 Scrum
s in from the mark of touch. The non-offending team. Offside in open play (scrum optio
Clarification 2-2006
n a player kicks to touch from a penalty kick anywhere in the playing area, the throw in is taken from where the ball went into touch.” Law 19.4 (Exception) has the following precision. “When a team takes a penalty kick, and the ball is kicked into touch, the throw in is taken by the playe ... y into touch.” Finally, Law 21.4 (d) requires for “kicking for touch. The kicker may punt or drop kic
20 Penalty and free-kick
Sevens 20.8 [Replacement] 20.8 The kicker may punt, drop-kick or place-kick (other than for touch) the ball. Replaced by: 20.8 The kicker may punt or drop-kick the ball but may not place-kick it.
20 Penalty and free-kick
10s 20.8 [Replacement] 20.8 The kicker may punt, drop-kick or place-kick (other than for touch) the ball. Replaced by: 20.8 The kicker may punt or drop-kick the ball but may not place-kick it.
Clarification 1-2012
l, his feet are in touch. We would like to know: • Whether Law 22.4 (g) applies only to a ball alread ... s the opposition in-goal area and the player’s feet touch the touch-in-goal line or beyond then the player is in touch-in-goal and a try is not awarded. Law 19 Touch and Lineout – Definitions • If a player is not carrying the ball then Law 22.4 (g) applies - Player in touch or touch-in-goa
Clarification 1-2008
h was stationary outside the 22-metre line, and kicks it directly into touch, then the player has take ... e, picks up the ball which was in motion outside the 22-metre line, and kicks it directly into touc ... t is formed in line with where the ball crossed the touch-line. With this in mind, the RFU request ... t on or beyond the touch-line (or touch-in-goal line), picks up the ball, which was stationary withi