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Uncontested Scrums - March 2020
r of the temporary suspension time of the TH. Both teams must form uncontested scrums with eight players in the scrum. At the end of the TH temporary suspension time the replacement hooker must leave the fiel ... e a player. If the TH prop is cleared to play within the allowed time the player must retur ... s not influence the application of the uncontested scrum laws at the time uncontested scrums are ordere
16 Maul
l. The team in possession must then use the ball within a reasonable time. Sanction: Scrum. 16.1 ... g it does so within five seconds. If it stops a second time but the ball is being move ... e the ball in a reasonable time. Sanction: Scrum. Ending a maul 16.16 A maul ends and pla
Head Contact Process - March 2021
p in height by the ball carrier Player had no time to readjust Passive action Involuntary collisio ... e in dynamics due to another player in the contact An effort to wrap / bind and having no time to adjust
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 nec
Laws app - what's new
g the app for first time, and for content updates for existing users January 2025 New ap ... d into full law (the GLT designation removed from laws content) Minor changes to law wording
15 Ruck
n a reasonable time, a scrum is awarded. The ball is thrown in by the side last moving forward.
Enforcement of current law - refereeing at the breakdown - March 2020
l carrier must place or play the ball immediately – the ball carrier should not be allowed tim
9 Foul play
e time. Sanction: Free-kick. Repeated infringements 9.8 A team must not repeatedly commi ... 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
t on 1 July 2024. From that date, they will be reflected in World Rugby's digital law content. &nbs ... t in long periods of dead time with resets, leading to more FKs, penalties and then kicks to touc
3 Team
y replace any number of players during a match at any time. Players entering the field of play must do so at the half-way line after the replaced player has left the field of play. Sanction: Penalt
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 kic ... s with a drop 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 goa
Clarification 4-2015
d of the match 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 matc ... 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 the hands of the scrum half. The word play within the body of the Law indicates the start of the contes ... m the time that the scrum is awarded including Law 20.3.
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
s in A player, in their own 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 an ... n half into touch in the opposition’s 22). Where the player or ball touches the touchlin
Clarification 4-2024
p;The coaches attending to their teams at half-time. d) These additional persons must remai
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 13.1
6 Match officials
10s Addition: 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 intentio ... y passed to their fly half who drop kicks it through the posts and above the cross bar and the bal
19 Scrum
d by that team’s scrum-half. c. When the number eight picks up the ball from the feet of a second-row playe ... m is on or over the goal line. Replaced by: b. When the ball is played by that team’s scrum-half.
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 Committee Clarification 1-2006 Union / HP Ref Manager FFR Law Reference 13,18 Date 2006-01-10 Request 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 harmonis
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 ... t directly into touch behind the half-way line. The throw-in would be at the place where the bal
Clarification 1-2024
d the application of the brake foot law, following the notion of “semi/half brake foot” by some hookers. Is a “half brake foot” legal under the current Global Law Trial in Law 19? Can a hooker have a full brake foot at the start of the sequence, and then readjust to what’s referred to as a hal
1 The ground
r of players, for example: 10-a-side on half a pitch, playing touchline to touchline with all conversion
Clarification 5-2006
Ruling in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby Committee Clarification 5-2006 Union / HP Ref Manager FFR Law Reference 4 Date 2006-11-14 Request 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. Short
8 Scoring
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: c. Takes the kick within 30 seconds (playing time) from the tim ... d 8.21 [Replacement] 8.21 The kick must be taken within 60 seconds (playing time) from the tim
8 Scoring
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: c. Takes the kick within 30 seconds (playing time) from the tim ... d 8.21 [Replacement] 8.21 The kick must be taken within 60 seconds (playing time) from the tim
19 Scrum
s the feet of the hindmost player and it is picked up by that player or is played by that team’s scrum-hal ... l line. Replaced by: b. When the ball is played by that team’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 [Replacemen
3 Team
s Addition: 3.35 A match organiser can also apply the half-game rule whereby all players must play at least half a match. Addition: 3.36 A match organiser can target specifi
Clarification 1-2015
s variation which is clearer and could avoid such controversy? Law for fifteen-a-side: 5.7 (e) “If tim ... e allows play to continue until the next time that the ball becomes dead. The ball becomes dead whe ... s not been 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 shoul
Clarification 3-2015
p a full jersey. The sleeve of a jersey must extend at least half way from the shoulder point to the elbo
8 Scoring
r. Nothing 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.&nbs
Head Contact Process - Dangerous cleanout
1 Penalty - direct head contact with no leading shoulder and the arriving player was attempting to wrap 2 Red card - direct head contact with a high degree of danger, high speed and a swinging arm 3 Red card - direct head contact with a high degree of danger and the arriving player had tim ... d and a leading shoulder 5 Yellow card - high speed and direct contact but mitigation as there was no tim
Clarification 1-2016
t 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 Law Clarification made by the Designated Members in 2009 which shows the refere ... e responsibility for time keeping the referee is still the sole judge of fact and Law and the game end
Clarification 1-2002
l time and not playing time.
Clarification 3-2009
0 Request Law 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 ... m and setting it up, there is the siren indicating the end of the match (real playing time). 3. The refere