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21 In-goal
l and simultaneously makes contact with the touch-in-goal line or the dead-ball line (or anywher ... 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 out and ground the ball in in-goal to make a touch down, provided it is done immediately. Sanctio
Touch 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 ... g players are first to ground the ball in their in-goal, it results in a touch down. 22.7 Whe ... r because it went into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead ball line, or the attacking player fail
21 In-goal
l kick at goal was taken. 21.16 [Replacement] 21.16 When a player carrying the ball is held up in-goal, so that the player cannot ground the ball or play the ball, the ball is dead. Play restarts with a goal line drop-out or a 5m scrum, depending on how the ball entered in-goal. (law 12.12a, and law 19.1 row 5) Replaced by: 21.16 When a player carrying the ball is held up in the in-goal s
Beach Touch Rugby
g or inflatable surrounds and include: The dead ball lines and touch-in-goal lines which are outsid ... h-line (or touch-in-goal line), picks up the ball, which was stationary within the playing are ... l into touch (or touch-in-goal). (b) If a player with one or both feet on or beyond the touch-line (or touc ... r is deemed to have picked up the ball in touch (or touch-in-goal). Law 20: Scrum There are no scrums in Beac
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
e 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 ball, touches the touchline, touch-in-goal line or the ground beyond. b. A player, who is alread
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.
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
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 kicks the ball indirectly into touch (other than kicking from inside their own half into touc
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 21: In-goal
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Kick at goal successful
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Ball held up in in-goal
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Law 18: Touch, quick throw and lineout
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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.
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
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6 Match officials
1 There are two in-goal judges for each match, one in each in-goal area. Addition: 6. The referee has the same control over in-goal judges as with assistant referees or touch judges. Addition: ... s signal when the ball or the ball-carrier has gone into touch-in-goal. Addition: 6. If required, the in-goal judge will assist the referee in decisions on touch downs and tries. Addition: 6. A matc
Definitions
y-appointed match official who can assist the referee by signalling touch, touch in-goa ... n the touch-in-goal lines. It includes the try line but not the dead-ball line or the touch-in-goal line ... g an opponent’s kick in the catcher’s own 22 or in in-goal and shouting “mark”. Mark of touch An imaginary lin ... h The vertical space rising immediately above the touch line or touch-in-goal line. Played The bal
Clarification 1-2012
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-goal. If an attacking player is in touch or in touch-in-goal, the player can score a try by grounding the bal
6 Match officials
e will deem the ball to be dead when: a. The ball is in touch or touch in-goal, but not when a quick thro ... h judge or an assistant referee has raised the flag to signal touch, touch-in-goal or an assistan ... g to: a. The grounding of the ball in in-goal. b. Touch or touch-in-goal in the act of grounding the bal ... h judge remains in touch except when judging a kick at goal. When judging a kick at goal they stan
Clarification 2-2006
d, the ball hits the goal post and goes into touch without having been touched by another player. Wha ... 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 wh
Clarification 1-2008
e or both feet on or beyond the touch-line (or touch-in-goal line), picks up the ball, whic ... a and thereby that player has taken the ball into touch (or touch-in-goal)? 6. If a player with one or both feet on or beyond the touch-line (or touch-in-goal line), picks up the ball, whic ... h was stationary outside the 22-metre line, and kicks it directly into touch, then the player has taken the bal
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 ... y. If it is kicked directly into touch, touch in-goal or over the dead ball line the opposing tea ... h-line (or touch-in-goal line), picks up the ball, which was stationary within the playing are
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 ... h In-goal length Width Maximum (metres) 100 22 70 Minimum (metres) 94 6 68 a. The playing are ... 6 There is one line 0.5 metres long that intersects the centre of the half-way line. Goal posts and crossbar 1.
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 ... c. Penalty try. Seven points. d. Penalty goal. Three points. e. Dropped goal. Three points. Try 8.2 A try is scored when an attacking player: a. Is first to ground the ball in the opponents’ in-goal. ... g the ground into the opponents’ in-goal, and the player is first to ground the ball. d. Is tackled nea
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
t grounds the ball without delay or it goes into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead-ball line, the no ... 8 If the ball goes directly into touch, the non-kicking team chooses one of the following: a. The kick bein ... s’ in-goal without touching any player and an opponent grounds the ball without delay or it goes dead through in-goal, the non-kicking team has the option of having the kick retaken or a scru
Clarification 2-2009 (1)
l. Simultaneous grounding the ball in in-goal whilst making contact with the touch-in-goal line or dead bal ... s the touch-in-goal line with an arm, leg or any part of his body. Questions from above: 1. Is a try scored? 2. Is the player in touch-in-goal? 3. Is an attacking scrum 5m from the goal line awarde ... g of the ball in in-goal and touch-in-goal is not covered by Law. The team that was going forwar
Beach Tag Rugby
g or inflatable surrounds and include: The dead ball lines and touch-in-goal lines which are outsid ... r with one or both feet on or beyond the touch-line (or touch-in-goal line), picks up the ball, whic ... a and thereby that player has taken the ball into touch (or touch-in-goal). (b) If a player with one or both feet on or beyond the touch-line (or touch-in-goal line), picks up the ball, which was in motio
Clarification 2-2009
d it on the basis that a player touching a touch line is out of play and it should be the same in in-goal. Law 22 – In goal. Simultaneous grounding the ball in in-goal whilst making contact with the touch-in-goa ... y the same time) touches the touch-in-goal line with an arm, leg or any part of his body. Questions from above: 1. Is a try scored? 2. Is the player in touch-in-goal? 3. Is an attacking scrum 5m fro
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 ... d or was played. If the ball lands in in-goal, in touch-in-goal, or on or over the dead-ball lin ... g the ball into touch. If the ball is thrown or knocked: Into touch or touch-in-goal or over the dea ... 5 metres from the touchline and five metres from the try line. Into touch or touch-in-goal fro
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 ... l in their in-goal, it results in a touch down. 22.7 When an attacking player carries the ball into the opponents’ in-goal and it becomes dead there, either because it went into touch-in-goal or on, or ove
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 ... e in-goal restart scenarios, when a try isn't scored, change from a 22DO to a Try Line Drop-Out. &nbs
Clarification 9-2014
t, and a defending player has made the ball dead there or it has gone into touch-in goal or on or ove ... s dead there, either because a defender grounded it or because it went into touch-in-goal or on or ove ... m kicks the ball through their opponents' in-goal into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead ball lin ... l If a team kicks the ball through their opponents’ in-goal into touch-in-goal or on or ove
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
t grounds the ball without delay or it goes into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead-ball line, the no ... s from the time a conversion has been taken or declined, or from the time a penalty goal or dropped goa ... l goes directly into touch, the non-kicking team chooses one of the following: a. The kick bein ... y into touch. Sanction: Free-kick. 12.9 [Replacement] 12.9 If the ball is kicked into the opponent
Playing Charter
d in the preceding action. For example, a team forced to kick for touch because of its inabilit
Clarification 1-2022
d play be restarted when there is a simultaneous touchdown in in-goal, with hands of a player fro ... g in-goal? How should play be restarted when a defender takes/plays the ball into in-goa ... o so ‘first’, so a try cannot be awarded. Therefore the defender’s touch takes precedenc ... d the in-goal area. In this scenario it is likely to come from one of these situations: Kicke
Clarification 5-2016
r who had a foot over a touch in goal line or whether the players foot was over the dead ball lin ... d depend on whether the ball was over the touch in-goal line or dead ball line. The different outcom ... s to the touch definitions (Law 19) in the Global Law trials will also apply to the dead ball lin ... n of the designated members of the Rugby Committee The changes to the touch definitions (Law 19) will als
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 time-keeper, foul play review officer, and/or independent match day doctor, and, in sevens, two in-goa
Clarification 8-2014
e the ball dead there or it has gone into touch-in goal or on or over the dead ball line." Law 13.1 ... s it dead, or if the ball becomes dead by going into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead ball lin ... d, or if the ball becomes dead by going into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead ball line, they have tw ... t. The kick is correctly executed and the ball enters the opposing team's in-goal area without havin
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
t touching any player and an opponent grounds the ball without delay or it goes into touch-in-goa ... k. 12.8 [Replacement] 12.8 If the ball goes directly into touch, the non-kicking team chooses on ... 8 The ball must not go directly into touch. Sanction: Free-kick. 12.9 [Replacement] 12.9 If the ball is kicked into the opponents’ in-goal without touching any player and an opponent grounds the bal
Clarification 3-2005
s intention to kick at goal clear, he may not then change his intention by then kicking to touch, takin ... 1-Penalty & Free Kicks Black team are penalised for a tackle infringement 30 metres from their goal line; Blue team opt for a kick at goal, placing the ball on the mark and informing the referee as to this intention. Black team gather behind their goal posts. Blue team kicks (chips) the ball forwar
Clarification 1-2017
6) for goal line and dead ball line: http://laws.worldrugby.org/?domain=10&year=2016&clarification=1022 Clarification of the designated members of the Rugby Committee The changes to the touch definitions (Law 19) will also apply to the 22m line as well as the dead ball line and to the goal lin