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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 An ... e in the field of play, the referee awards a ruck ball, ground touch or free pass to the team that las
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 outsid ... s but outside the field of play The touch lines which are outside the field of play 1.4 Objection ... e pass. Law 7: Mode of Play 7.1 A match is started by a free pass, ground touch or uncontested pun
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
e, 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-carrier with the bal
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
e or touch judge indicating the mark of touch. Sanction: Free-kick. ... 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. Either the team did not tak ... k. Where the ball reaches the touchline. The kicking team. The ball-carrier goes into touch or kick
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
e with other in-match decisions. (see also Touch Judge) Attacking team Generally used to define a team movin ... d. Touch Judge A match official who can only assist the referee by signalling touch, touch in-goa ... r in their own half, and it goes indirectly into touch in the opposition’s 22. The ball must not hav ... y-appointed match official who can assist the referee by signalling touch, touch in-goa
Playing Charter
d in the preceding action. For example, a team forced to kick for touch because of its inabilit
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
l and simultaneously makes contact with the touch-in-goal line or the dead-ball line (or anywher ... l and simultaneously makes contact with the touch line (or the ground beyond), the ball is in touc ... g the ball in in-goal results in a touch down. 21.7 If a tackled player has momentum that carries them into an in-goal area, they can make a touch down or score a try. 21.8 A tackled player may reach ou
6 Match officials
h judge or an assistant referee has raised the flag to signal touch, touch-in-goal or an assistan ... h organiser, each team provides a touch judge. 6.20 The match organiser may nominate a person to act as a replacement for the assistant referees or touch judges. This person is called the reserve touch judg ... y overrule their decisions. If a touch judge is unsatisfactory, the referee may ask that the touch judg
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). (See als ... t, makes contact with the ball and the ball goes forward. Sanction: Scrum (if the ball goes into touc ... w forward may occur anywhere in the playing area. Sanction: Scrum (if the ball goes into touch, the no
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 touch thereb
20 Penalty and free-kick
d or if the offence occurred in touch-in-goal or beyond the dead-ball line, on the five-metre lin ... y infringement in a lineout. 15 metres from the touchline on the mark of touch. Offside at a phas ... t 15 metres from 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 landin
Beach Fives Rugby
e are made of tape, rope, string or inflatable surrounds and include: The dead ball lines and touch-in-goa ... n the in-goal areas but outside the field of play The touch lines which are outside the field of pla ... e the Match, 6.B Touch Judges and Assistant Referees & 6.C Additional Persons for all other dutie ... r loses ball possession, or contacts the ball with hand or arm, and the ball goes forward to touc
1 The ground
d-ball lines and touch-in-goal lines. b. The try lines. c. The 22-metre lines. d. The half-way line. ... n 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 outsid ... e the field of play The touch lines which are outside the field of play 1.4 Objections to the groun ... d to touch the ground or another player before this player gains, or regains, possession. Forward mean ... s and occur after a score or a touch down. The match organisers may permit the use of a punt kic
Five key areas of refereeing June 2012
s: crouch means crouch, touch means touch, etc. Binding of props on body, not arm, of opponent. Hit straigh
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 An ... e will award a touch down. Law 7: Mode of Play 7.1 Mode of play (a) A game is started by a kick-off. ( ... 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
8 If the ball goes directly into touch, the non-kicking team chooses one of the following: a. The kick bein ... t not go directly into touch. Sanction: The opposing team chooses one of the following: The drop-ou ... t grounds the ball without delay or it goes into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead-ball line, the no
2025-04 Minor law amends to protect medical staff and add minimum perimeter areas
e and two assistant referees or touch judges but may also include a television match official, a tim
Laws app - what's new
d into full law (the GLT designation removed from laws content) Minor changes to law wordings throughou ... s of offside player when ball goes into touch and a quick throw-in is taken Global Law Trial texts aroun ... w user experience for downloading the app for first time, and for content updates for existing user
2026-07 Law updates
g the ball into in-goal near the corner flag and who is then tackled into touch-in-goal before groundin
Maul - June 2026
d, 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 touch, a participatin ... s and all of the feet of all of the players in the ruck or maul move beyond the mark of touc
2025-01 - Global Law Trials
1 January 2025. From that date, they will be reflected in World Rugby's digital laws content. &nbs ... 3 The ball must: a. be thrown in straight along the mark of touch towards a lineout player;&nbs
5 Time
s to enter open play. b. The referee awards a free-kick or penalty. c. A penalty is kicked for touc
10 Offside and onside in open play
n of it. c. The ball has gone into touch, providing the player was complying with law until that poin
8 Scoring
e Scoring a try - a player in touch-in-goal who is not holding the ball Penalty try 8.3 A penalty tr ... n is successful. 8.13 If the ball falls over and rolls into touch after the kicker begins the approach to kic
9 Foul play
y 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 from the try lin
2024-07 Law changes
y 2024. From that date, they will be reflected in World Rugby's digital law content. Offsid ... s and then kicks to touch. Shape of Game recommendation was to remove the scrum from a FK option. It remain
XRugby
s into touch before touching the ground, a tap and play is awarded to the non-offending team at the plac
19 Scrum
d at a lineout; incorrect throw at a lineout; incorrect quick throw. 15 metres in from the mark of touc
Clarification 2-2006
r 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 player of the team who took the penalty kick. This applies whether the ball was kicked directly or indirectly into touc
Clarification 1-2012
t 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
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 1-2008
h was stationary outside the 22-metre line, and kicks it directly into touch, then the player has taken the bal ... 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 requests a rulin ... e or both feet on or beyond the touch-line (or touch-in-goal line), picks up the ball, whic