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Uncontested Scrums - March 2020
e on to the field to play. The team plays with 13 players for the remainder of the temporary suspension tim ... d of the TH temporary suspension time the replacement hooker must leave the field. The TH and the tw ... n the allowed time the player must return to the field of play immediately and replace the temporar ... l substitutions during the match does not influence the application of the uncontested scrum laws at the tim
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s (playing time) from the time the try was awarded, even if the ball rolls over and has to be place ... n 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicated their intention to do so, eve ... l with their hands by their sides from the time the kicker starts to approach to kick until the bal
16 Maul
m in possession must then use the ball within a reasonable time. Sanction: Scrum. 16.15 When a maul ha ... n five seconds. If it stops a second time but the ball is being moved and the referee can se ... l in a reasonable time. Sanction: Scrum. Ending a maul 16.16 A maul ends and play continues when: a. The bal
Head Contact Process - March 2021
d no time to readjust Passive action Involuntary collision No leading arm when close to the body P ... e in dynamics due to another player in the contact An effort to wrap / bind and having no tim
Enforcement of current Law - May 2015
At a meeting in April 2015, the Laws Representation Group (LRG) considered the areas of the Game where, it had been agreed that Law amendments were not required but that current Law was to be enforced by match officials including: Every time the head or the neck is deliberately grabbed or choked, the offending player runs the risk of receiving a yellow or red card Cleanouts around the neck mus
15 Ruck
l will probably not emerge within a reasonable time, a scrum is awarded.
Enforcement of current law - refereeing at the breakdown - March 2020
d not be allowed time for a second movement such as rolling, crawling, bouncing etc When the ball-carrier’
9 Foul play
r that an opponent has committed an infringement. Sanction: Penalty. d. Waste time. Sanction: Free-kic ... r sent off may be replaced after 20 minutes playing time.
Decision-making framework for high tackles - May 2019
n: If the tackler and BC are in open space and/or the tackler has clear line of sight and time befor
2024-07 Law changes
y 2024. From that date, they will be reflected in World Rugby's digital law content. Offsid ... y many scrums result in long periods of dead time with resets, leading to more FKs, penaltie
3 Team
h at any time. Players entering the field of play must do so at the half-way line after the replaced playe
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
Sevens 12.4 [Replacement] 12.4 After a team has scored, their opponents restart play on or behind the centre of the half-way line. Sanction: The non-kicking team has the option of the kick bein ... p kick on or behind the centre of the half-way line. The restart kick must be taken within 30 seconds from the time a conversion has been taken or declined, or from the time a penalty goal or dropped goa
Clarification 4-2015
h with the score 21-19. The Law says: 6.A.4(b) The referee keeps the time. 6.A.8(a) The referee must carry a whistle and blow the whistle to indicate the beginning and end of each half of the match. ... t, then the game is over. Law 5.7(e) reinforces this: If time expires and the ball is not dea ... t time that the ball becomes dead. The ball becomes dead when the referee would have awarded a scru
Clarification 3-2008
s of the scrum half. The word play within the body of the Law indicates the start of the contest for the ball rather than the engagement process. Players must therefore conform to the Laws from the tim
20 Penalty and free-kick
GAME-ON 20.8 [Replacement] 20.8 The kicker may punt, drop-kick or place-kick (other than for touch) the ball. Replaced by: 20.8 If the penalty or free-kick is taken within the team’s own half, the kicker may punt, drop-kick or place-kick (other than for touch) the ball. If it is taken within the opponents’ half, the penalty or free-kick must be tapped and played immediately.
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
n half, kicks the ball indirectly into touch in the opposition’s 22. Either the team did not take the ball into their half, or a tackle, ruck or maul took place within the half, or an opponent touched the ball within the half. This variation does not apply at a kick-off or any type of restart kic ... s the ball indirectly into touch (other than kicking from inside their own half into touc
Clarification 4-2024
k at goal, or a try has been scored. c) The coaches attending to their teams at half-time.
Clarification 8-2014
3 Definitions state: "The kick-off occurs at the start of each half of the match and at the beginning of each period of extra time. Restart kicks occur after a score or a touchdown." Law 13.10 Definition
6 Match officials
10sAddition: a. Before extra-time starts, the referee organises a toss in the same way as before the match.
Clarification 9-2014
n within one minute from the time the player indicates the intention to kick at goal. The intention to kic ... y passed to their fly half who drop kicks it through the posts and above the cross bar and the bal
19 Scrum
t of the hindmost player and it is picked up by that player or is played by that team’s scrum-half. c. Whe ... b. When the ball is played by that team’s scrum-half. c. deleted
Clarification 7-2005
e statement, the scrum half is also a defending player and therefore can legally ground the ball. The off-side line must be the goal-line in the above situation otherwise the scrum half would not be abl
Clarification 1-2006
Ruling in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby CommitteeClarification1-2006Union / HP Ref ManagerFFRLaw Reference13,18Date2006-01-10Request In the definition of Law 18 Mark, it stipulates that a mark cannot be made from a kick off. This implies that it may be made from a restart. However a restart may be kicked from the half way line after a score. Is it possible to harmonise these tw
Clarification 5-2006
Ruling in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby CommitteeClarification5-2006Union / HP Ref ManagerFFRLaw Reference4Date2006-11-14Request Please provide a definition of jersey, shorts and underwear. Ruling of the designated members of the Rugby Committee 1. Jersey: a close fitting shirt worn on the upper half of the body which is not attached to shorts or underwear. 2. Shorts: trouser
Clarification 7-2002
k If they accept the kick, the lineout is on the half-way line. If the ball is blown behind the half-wa ... n/went directly into touch behind the half-way line. The throw-in would be at the place where the bal
Clarification 1-2024
e foot law, following the notion of “semi/half brake foot” by some hookers. Is a “half brake foot” lega ... t of the sequence, and then readjust to what’s referred to as a half brake during the Crouch-Bind-Se
1 The ground
0-a-side on half a pitch, playing touchline to touchline with all conversions at one set of posts
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t the kicker. c. Takes the kick within 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarde ... c. Takes the kick within 30 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarded. Sanction: Kic ... n within 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicated their intention to do so, eve ... d. Replaced by: 8.21 The kick must be taken within 30 seconds (playing time) from the time the tea
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d to assist the kicker. c. Takes the kick within 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarde ... d by: c. Takes the kick within 30 seconds (playing time) from the time the try was awarded. Sanction: Kic ... 0 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicated their intention to do so, even if the bal ... d by: 8.21 The kick must be taken within 30 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicate
19 Scrum
p by that player or is played by that team’s scrum-half. c. When the number eight picks up the ball fro ... s scrum-half. c. Deleted
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
10s 12.4 [Replacement] 12.4 After a team has scored, their opponents restart play on or behind the centre of the half-way line. Sanction: The non-kicking team has the option of the kick being retaken or a scrum. Replaced by: 12.4 After a team has scored, the same team restarts with a drop kick on or behind the centre of the half-way line. Sanction: Free-kick. 12.5 [Replacement] 12.5 Whe
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n also apply the half-game rule whereby all players must play at least half a match. Addition: 3.3
Clarification 1-2015
n which is clearer and could avoid such controversy? Law for fifteen-a-side: 5.7 (e) “If time expire ... s play to continue until the next time that the ball becomes dead. The ball becomes dead whe ... n completed. If time expires and a mark, free kick or penalty kick is then awarded, the referee allows play to continue. (f) If time expires after a try has been scored the referee allows tim
Clarification 1-2025
Clarification in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby Committee Clarification 1-2025 Union / HP Ref Manager HP Referee Manager Law Reference 15 Date 23 June 2025 Request At a ruck/breakdown close to the goal line, the attacking scrum half picks up the ball and dives forward over the ruck in an attempt to score a try. Is this legal or should it be sanctioned? Clarificatio
Clarification 3-2015
l jersey. The sleeve of a jersey must extend at least half way from the shoulder point to the elbo
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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: Kic
Head Contact Process - Dangerous cleanout
d time to readjust his height 4 Red card - direct neck contact with a high degree of danger, hig ... n as there was no time to adjust when contact point shifted by actions of another player
Clarification 3-2009
w 5.4 stipulates that “time-keeping may be delegated to an official responsible for time keeping”. Law 5.7 (e) stipulates that “if time expires and the ball is not dead or a scrum or lineout has been awarded, the referee allows play to continue until the next time that the ball becomes dea ... g it up, there is the siren indicating the end of the match (real playing time). 3. The refere
Clarification 1-2016
4. With England leading 17 to 12, they had the throw-in to a lineout during which time the hooter went, signaling that time was up. The ball was thrown in, not straight, and the referee called not straight, but as time was up he did not give Wales the scrum and blew for full time. Below is a La ... w Clarification 9: 2009 Situation 1 Despite the Referee being able to delegate responsibility for time keepin
Clarification 1-2002
y Committee The Designated Members have ruled that the 15 minutes indicated within the Law is actual time and not playing time.