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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.
9 Foul play
e time. Sanction: Free-kick. Repeated infringements 9.8 A team must not repeatedly commi ... g wedge’. Sanction: Penalty. 9.23 A player must not attempt to kick the ball from the hand ... o must lower that player to the ground safely as soon as the ball is won by either team. Sanction: Free-kick. Misconduct 9.27 A player must not do anything that is against the spirit of goo
Clarification 10-2004
k or free kick, then a PK or FK has not been correctly taken. Under Law 21.3(b) bouncing the bal ... d Law 19-Touch & line-out and Law 21 Penalty and Free Kicks (1) A player of the attacking team kick ... 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
Clarification 2-2010
e specific, in that, it is a free kick to the non-offending team should a team infringe the above. Rulin ... 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 fro ... s been a score towards the end of the game and there is time for the kick off to take place but tim
Clarification 4-2015
e before the end of the match, then the referee may restart the match with a penalty kick, free kic ... y kick at goal. If a scrum has to be reset, the scrum has not been completed. If time expires and a mark, free kick or penalty kick is then awarded, the referee allows play to continue. ... t of the match with a penalty kick that is converted to goal and the referee blows the en
6 Match officials
y or penalty try is awarded. e. When the ball becomes dead, other than after a failed conversion kick. f. When the ball becomes unplayable. g. When a penalty, free-kick or scrum is awarded. ... n and the other captain calls. 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. 6.
Clarification 3-2005
w 21-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 refere ... s to the referee the intention to kick at goal, the kicker must kick at goal. Once the kicker has mad ... e his intention to kick at goal clear, he may not then change his intention by then kicking to touc
19 Scrum
e. no flankers or number eight). Sanction: Free-kick. 19.34 [Replacement] 19.34 Whe ... n 1.5metres towards the opponents’ goal line. Sanction: Free-kick. b. Keeping the ball in the scrum once it is heeled and controlled at the base of the scrum. Sanction: Free-kick. c. Intentionall
Clarification 8-2014
m on the 22 where the kick was taken or ask to repeat the drop-out). In other words, the Free Kic ... 2 drop-out. The kick is correctly executed and the ball enters the opposing team's in-goal area withou ... 3 Definitions state: "The kick-off occurs at the start of each half of the match and at the beginnin ... 0 Definitions state: "Drop-out: A drop-out is a drop kick taken by the defending team. The drop-out may be take
Clarification 6-2002
e on-side when they run behind the team mate who took the penalty or free kick, or when a team mat ... t of a serious injury, if play continues under these circumstances. Law 21, 4 -(i) & (j) Kick take ... n. If the referee has awarded a kick as a result of a penalty provision, and provided there are no reasons why the game should not continue, a quick tap kick can be taken. If there is a reason why a quick ta
Clarification 2-2012
t, an option to the non-offending team, drop out or after a conversion or successful penalty kick at goal. If a scrum has to be reset, the scrum has not been completed. If time expires and a mark, free kick or penalty kick is then awarded, the referee allows play to continue. Law 8.3(f) After the ball ha ... r waiting to return from a temporary exclusion and the period of exclusion has expired. They kic
The maul - January/June 2016
n: Penalty kick Good practice: Liable to sanction:
Charging into the ruck - February 2010
t of the body of the player joining the ruck. Sanction: Penalty kick DANGEROUS PLA ... l without trying to grasp that player. Sanction: Penalty kick A player must not charge into a ruc
Clarification 4-2002
m allowing a free kick/penalty kick taken in the form of a quickly taken tap kick, from the correc ... d to the following point of Law: 'These can be taken following a scrum collapse providing the kic ... l be engaged on the ground, the referee will allow the non-offending team to take a quick tap penalty/free kick. Such an interpretation is contrary to the first principle of refereeing as set out in the IR
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 mus
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 1-2021
Clarification in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby Committee Clarification 1-2021 Union / HP Ref Manager FFR Law Reference 3 Date 2021-03-29 Request When a referee whistles a penalty or a free kick, is the ball considered dead, in which case, is a player replacement possible? Clarification of the designated members of the Rugby Committe
21 In-goal
n but must not kick or attempt to kick the ball. Sanction: Penalty. Ball kicked dead throug ... n: An unsuccessful kick at goal or attempted dropped goal. In these cases, the defending team restarts with a 2
Dangerous tackles (high tackles) - February 2011
s of the high tackle, the range of sanctions extends from a penalty kick to the player receiving a red car
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 ... s or is caught is the one penalised. This is known as the 10-metre law. It does not apply when the kic
Laws app - what's new
d into full law (the GLT designation removed from laws content) Minor changes to law wording ... n relating to deliberate actions at a kick-off June 2025 Clarification around diving over a ruc ... g the app for first time, and for content updates for existing users January 2025 New ap
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 kic
Clarification 2-2006
f Manager FFR Law Reference 19,21 Date 2006-01-10 Request Law 19.1 (e) stipulates: “Penalty kick. When a player kicks to touch from a penalty kick anywhere in the playing area, the throw in is take ... m 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 indirectl
Clarification 5-2002
h the penalty provision is a free kick (save for the situation where the team not throwing in the bal ... h the penalty provision is a penalty kick.
Clarification 2-2008
g team be awarded a Free Kick (or the option of a scrum) where the team that is unable to compl ... e to award a Free Kick in this situation. 1.(c) If a team states prior to the match that they d
8 Scoring
t a conversion, which may be a place-kick or drop-kick. Replaced by: 8.7 When a try is scored, it gives that team the right to attempt a conversion, which must be a drop kick. 8.8 [Replacement] c deleted 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) fro
8 Scoring
t a conversion, which may be a place-kick or drop-kick. Replaced by: 8.7 When a try is scored, it gives that team the right to attempt a conversion, which must be a drop kick. c deleted 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) fro
8 Scoring
GAME-ON 8.8 [Replacement] 8.8 The kicker: a. Takes the kick in the field of pla ... r. Nothing else may be used to assist the kicker. c. Takes the kick within 60 seconds (playing tim ... p; Sanction: Kick is disallowed. Replaced by: a. If stipulated by the match organiser, takes the kick in front of the posts
Clarification 2-2007
f Manager IRFU Law Reference 3 Date 2007-03-12 Request 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 assume that the returning player may take the penalty kick.) Ruling of the designated member
Clarification 1-2006
k, it stipulates that a mark cannot be made from a kick off. This implies that it may be made from a restar ... e these two cases? Ruling of the designated members of the Rugby Committee From a kick off there can be no mark. From a kick off after a score there can be no mark. From a 22 metre drop out a mark ca
Clarification 2-2024
e-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 directio ... y direction to begin their approach to kick. When the kicker does this, they may charge or jump to preven ... e a kicker has completed their pre-kick routine (stationary/no movement), their next movement in an
Clarification 7-2002
y into touch 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 2-2025
n of the South Africa v Italy match played in Gqeberha, specifically the kick-off that initiated the gam ... m deliberately runs ahead of the ball 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 & restar ... n of the kick being retaken or a scrum. Law 9: Foul Play: Unfair play 9.7 A player mus
21 In-goal
Sevens Addition: The restart kick must be taken within 30 seconds from the time the unsuccesful 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. (la
Clarification 1-2020
e to their goal line and do not overstep that line until the kicker begins the approach to kick. Whe ... s to “begin to approach to kick” . In a recent Super Rugby Aotearoa game a conversion was charge ... l interpretation from many refs is as soon as kicker moves in any direction the kick can begi ... e is ‘approaching to kick’. The reason for this interpretation is simplicity, otherwise the referee woul
Clarification 2-2014
Clarification in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby Committee Clarification 2-2014 Union / HP Ref Manager RFU Law Reference 9 Date 2014-07-04 Request Law 9.B.1 (e) – Taking a conversion kic ... n not to take the conversion must be relayed by the try scorer to the referee, by saying “No Kick” afte ... e will award a kick off. The kick off will take place regardless of whether players were ready at 00.00 or not.
Clarification 3-2014
s. “Law 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 reache ... e the decision is made to forfeit the conversion the referee will award a kick off. The kick off will take plac
Clarification 2-2015
e a kick off. This is a new practice which was first tried in Las Vegas Sevens last week. No other tea ... e to the lowering of a player after the ball has been won from either a kick off or a kick in genera ... r to receive a kick off does constitute dangerous play.
Clarification 6-2014
Clarification in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby Committee Clarification 6-2014 Union / HP Ref Manager HKRFU Law Reference 13 Date 2014-10-17 Request Law 13 – Kick Off and Restarts The HKRFU requested a clarification relating to Law 13. Drop out must cross the line. Scenario Team A hav ... m or a kick to be retaken? Clarification of the designated members of the Rugby Committee Law 13.1
Clarification 2-2021
k/scrumhalf (or any player) executes a ‘box kick’, which is, in most circumstances, designed to be a short-range contestable kick, there are almost always a group of players (usually the forwards) wh ... s/her own kick, this replicates the current situation (ie. offside players were required to retir ... s where a kick travels less than 10m forward, are offside players required to retire any distanc