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The maul - January/June 2016
y kick Good practice: Liable to sanction:
Law Application Guideline - January 2023
y World Cup 2023 and beyond. While some areas are purely a focus for elite rugby (kick timings/sho ... y adhered to across the game at all levels: Law 8.8d Conversion. The kicker takes the kick within 9 ... s to be placed again. Sanction: Kick is disallowed. Law 8.21: Penalty Goal: The kick must be taken withi ... l rolls over and has to be placed again. Sanction: Kick is disallowed and a scrum is awarded. La
2025-02 Law Book and Laws app launched
e Goal line drop-out Try line drop-out Latched Pre-bound Temporary suspension Yellow carde
Charging into the ruck - February 2010
y of the player joining the ruck. Sanction: Penalty kick DANGEROUS PLAY AND MISCONDUCT Dangerou ... p that player. Sanction: Penalty kick A player must not charge into a ruck or maul. Charging include
5 Time
m, lineout or restart kick, awarded before time expired, has not been completed and the ball has not returned to open play. This includes when the lineout or restart kick is taken incorrectly or the ball fails to enter open play. b. The referee awards a free-kick or penalty. c. A penalty is kicked for touc ... t be relayed to the referee by saying “no kick” after the try is awarded. b. Provided the conversio
15 Ruck
r than their hips. Sanction: Free-kick. Offside at a ruck 15.4 Each team has an offside line that run ... n: Penalty. e. Kick, or attempt to kick, the ball out of a ruck. Sanction: Penalty. f. Return the ball into the ruck. Sanction: Free-kick. g. Take any action to make opponents believe that the ruck has ended when it has not. Sanction: Free-kick. Ending a ruck 15.17 When the ball has been clearly wo
Head Contact Process - March 2021
t drop or movement Clear attempt to change height Level of control Upright - passive vs dynami ... n should be applied. Play on No fault Sudden and significant drop in height by the ball carrier Player ha ... y Mitigation Sudden / significant drop in height or change in direction from ball carrier A late chang
Law changes summary - July 2022
Following the World Rugby Council meeting in May 2022, a number of law changes have been approved. These all come into force for the whole game on 1 July 2022. The five current Global Law Trials – Goal Line Drop-out, 50:22, jackler protection, banning pre-bound pods in open play (flying wedg ... n from previous clarifications. The wordings will change on the digital laws content from 1 July 202
2025-01 - Global Law Trials
e not approved for progression One stop maul Mark from a kick off/restart 20 minute red card replacemen ... 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 ... s the ball that was in play unless it is defective. Sanction: Kick disallowed Clauses b, c,
13 Players on the ground in open play
Principle The game is played only by players who are on their feet. 13.1 Players, who go to ground to gather the ball or who go to ground with the ball, must immediately: a. Get up with the ball; or Sanction: Penalty. b. Play (but not kick) the ball; or Sanction: Penalty. c. Release the ball. Sanction: Penalty. 13.2 Once the ball is played or released, players on the ground must immediatel
17 Mark
GAME-ON 17.4 [Replacement] 17.4 A mark may not be claimed from a kick-off or a restart kick after a score. Replaced by: 17.4 A mark may not be claimed from a kick-off, a restart kick after a score or from an attacking kick from within the 22m
Clarification 3-2010
t grounding Law 22.15 Scenario Team A kick the ball into their opponents in goal. Both a player fro ... 5 attacking ball although no grounding has taken place? Or Is it 22m drop out as Team A were the last tea ... h-in-goal line the referee awards a drop out.
XRugby
n the ball is lifted from the ground and they have made a move to step, run, pass or kick the bal ... s and the ball must be kicked into the ground (in the style of a grubber kick). The sanction for any other type of kick is a tap and play at the place of infringement. If, from a grubber kick, the ball goe ... e from which the kick was made. If, from a grubber kick, a defender touches down in in-goa
2026-07 Law updates
e in-goal restart scenarios, when a try isn't scored, change from a 22DO to a Try Line Drop-Out. &nbs
Dangerous tackles (high tackles) - February 2011
e, the range of sanctions extends from a penalty kick to the player receiving a red card. An illega
16 Maul
r than their hips. Sanction: Free-kick. During a maul 16.8 The ball-carrier in a maul may go to groun ... n it has not. Sanction: Free-kick. 16.12 When players of the team who are not in possession of the bal ... l is formed immediately after a player has directly caught an opponent’s kick in open play, a scru
10 Offside and onside in open play
Principle The game is played only by players who are onside. Offside and onside in open play 10.1 A player is offside in open play if that player is in front of a team-mate who is carrying the ball or who last played it. When the last action is a kick, the foot kicking the ball determine ... d. This is known as the 10-metre law. It does not apply when the kick is charged down, or is touche
Laws app - what's new
d into full law (the GLT designation removed from laws content) Minor changes to law wordings throughou ... d 20min red card replacements (all languages) Clarification relating to deliberate actions at a kick-of ... w user experience for downloading the app for first time, and for content updates for existing user
7 Advantage
s so that the player is no longer in contact with the ground. e. A quick throw, free-kick or penalt
Beach Touch Rugby
s decides whether to kick off or to choose an end. If the winner of the toss decides to choose an end, the opponents must kick off and vice versa. (Other appropriate methods may be used.) 6.3 The refere ... t the use of a punt kick to kickoff. If a punt kick-off is used the kicking team must not cross the hal ... h organisers may permit the use of a punt kick to restart play. If a punt restart kick is used the tea
2026-06 Community Tackle Height law wordings approved
t or to the base of the sternum line. They may also choose to sanction ball-carriers who drop their bod
Beach Tag Rugby
s to see who wins the toss. The winner of the toss decides whether to kick off or to choose an end. If the winner of the toss decides to choose an end, the opponents must kick off and vice versa. (Othe ... r may not kick the ball in open play. Sanction: Free pass 7.2 Should an event occur whic ... s and occur after a score or a touch down. The match organisers may permit the use of a punt kic
IRB Maul Working Group Outcomes - August 2009
l at the formation; this includes the formation of the maul at a lineout and from a maul formed after kick-off
Head Contact Process - High tackle
Video clips 1 No foul play - no contact with the head, neck or throat - play on 2 No sanction - no fault of the player - significant drop by the ball carrier and tackler had no time to readjus ... e and mitigation as there is a sudden drop in height by the ball carrier 7 Yellow card - direct head contact but mitigation as there is a sudden drop in height by the ball carrier
8 Scoring
GAME-ON 8.8 [Replacement] 8.8 The kicker: a. Takes the kick in the field of play on a lin ... g else may be used to assist the kicker. c. Takes the kick within 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarded, even if the ball rolls over and has to be placed again. Sanction: Kick is disallowed. Replaced by: a. If stipulated by the match organiser, takes the kick in fron
Clarification 2-2007
f ManagerIRFULaw Reference3Date2007-03-12Request 1. A penalty kick is awarded to White team. Before the kick is taken, can White team make a substitution? (If so, we assume that the substitute can take the penalty kick.) 2. A penalty kick is awarded to White team. Before the kick is taken ca ... e that the returning player may take the penalty kick.) Ruling of the designated members of the Rugb
Clarification 2-2024
y Football Union have asked: Q - Once a kicker has completed their pre-kick routine (stationary/no movement), their next movement in any direction begins the “approach to kick”, and so the defenders can attempt to block the kick? Q - Does that 'movement in any direction’ refer specifically to foo ... e and do not overstep that line until the kicker moves in any direction to begin their approach to kic
Clarification 7-2002
h at the kick-off (or restart kick), the opposing team has 3 choices: • to have the ball kicked off again • to have a scrum at the centre and they have the throw -in, or • to accept the kick If they accept the kick, the lineout is on the half-way line. If the ball is blown behind the half-way line and goes directly into touch, the lineout is at the place where it went into touch. At the kic
Clarification 1-2020
l line and do not overstep that line until the kicker begins the approach to kick. When the kicke ... n to approach to kick”. In a recent Super Rugby Aotearoa game a conversion was charged down (Crusader ... n from many refs is as soon as kicker moves in any direction the kick can begin to be charge ... e was correct. The moment the kicker moves in any direction it is deemed that he is ‘approaching to kic
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
d the ball within the half. This variation does not apply at a kick-off or any type of restart kic ... e. Sanction: Free-kick. Replaced by: 18.12 Teams form the lineout within 15 seconds of the assistant referee or touch judge indicating the mark of touch. Sanction: Free-kick.
Clarification 2-2025
h played in Gqeberha, specifically the kick-off that initiated the game. We have reviewed the footag ... l carrier at a kick off, and/ or deliberately kicked so it doesn’t reach the 10m line, what should the sanction be? Relevant laws Law 12: Kick-off & restart kicks 12.5 When the ball is kicked: a. Tea ... e line. Sanction: The non-kicking team has the option of the kick being retaken or a scrum. Law 9: Fou
Clarification 2-2010
y Offending has occurred (b) If Law 13.8 Kick offs/ Restarts has been fully complied with. Observation: The Laws relating to Kick Offs/Restarts for 15-a-side matches would benefit immensely from the variatio ... c, in that, it is a free kick to the non-offending team should a team infringe the above. Rulin ... n a score towards the end of the game and there is time for the kick off to take place but tim
Clarification 3-2005
e; Blue team opt for a kick at goal, placing the ball on the mark and informing the refere ... s to the referee the intention to kick at goal, the kicker must kick at goal. Once the kicker has mad ... s intention to kick at goal clear, he may not then change his intention by then kicking to touch, taking a tap kick and passing or running with the ball himself? If this is correct then the abovementione
19 Scrum
k being made. Sanction: Free-kick. Replaced by: 19.4 Teams must be ready to form the scrum within 15 seconds of the mark being made. Sanction: Free-kick. 19.5 [Replacement] 19.5 When both teams hav ... r must not intentionally kick the ball out of the tunnel from the direction it was thrown. Sanction: Free-kick. Replaced by: 19.23 A front-row player must not intentionally kick the ball ou
Clarification 6-2002
y continues under these circumstances. Law 21, 4 -(i) & (j) Kick taken quickly; These Laws requir ... d the team mate who took the penalty or free kick, or when a team mate carrying the ball run ... e will whistle immediately for a collapsed scrum and give their decision. If the referee has awarded a kic ... e, a quick tap kick can be taken. If there is a reason why a quick tap should not be taken the refere
Clarification 10-2004
m the defenders kick is the correct decision. (2) If this occurred in general play the following would apply. By definition 'A kick is made by hitting the ball with any part of the leg or foot, excep ... d. If the action as described was taken by a player after his team had been awarded a penalty kick or free kick, then a PK or FK has not been correctly taken. Under Law 21.3(b) bouncing the bal
Clarification 2-2014
Clarification in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby CommitteeClarification2-2014Union / HP Ref ManagerRFULaw Reference9Date2014-07-04Request Law 9.B.1 (e) – Taking a conversion kick Who ca ... e the conversion must be relayed by the try scorer to the referee, by saying “No Kick” after the awar ... d a kick off. The kick off will take place regardless of whether players were ready at 00.00 or not.
Clarification 3-2014
w 9.B.1 9 (e) – Taking a conversion kick? Who can or should inform the referee of the team’ ... y scorer to the referee, by saying “No Kick” after the award of the try and before the time reaches 00.0 ... n is made to forfeit the conversion the referee will award a kick off. The kick off will take plac
Clarification 2-2015
n of a team throwing a player forward after he has been supported in the air to receive a kick of ... e to the lowering of a player after the ball has been won from either a kick off or a kick in general pla ... r to receive a kick off does constitute dangerous play.
Clarification 4-2002
d to the following point of Law: 'These can be taken following a scrum collapse providing the kick is take ... d on the ground, the referee will allow the non-offending team to take a quick tap penalty/free kic ... m. The opportunity to play advantage by allowing the non-offending team to take a quick tap penalty/free kic ... e immediately". It does not preclude a quick tap kick after the whistle is blown, as any action afte