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18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
f, or an opponent touched the ball within the half. This variation does not apply at a kick-off or any type of restart kick. Where the ball reaches the touchline. The kicking team. The bal ... n 30 seconds of a mark being made. Sanction: Free-kick. Replaced by: 18.12 Teams for ... n: Free-kick.
Clarification 8-2014
3 Definitions state: "The kick-off occurs at the start of each half of the match and at the beginnin ... s to (Kick-off) ball goes into the in-goal. Thus, if no variations are presented for the incident ... k sanction applied in the seven-a-side game for infringements surrounding the kick-off does not appl ... 2 drop-out. The kick is correctly executed and the ball enters the opposing team's in-goal area withou
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 2-2010
s been a score towards the end of the game and there is time for the kick off to take place but tim ... 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 ... e specific, in that, it is a free kick to the non-offending team should a team infringe the above. Rulin
Clarification 2-2014
e will award a kick off. The kick off will take place regardless of whether players were ready at 00.00 or not. ... 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
Clarification 3-2014
e the decision is made to forfeit the conversion the referee will award a kick off. The kick off will take plac ... 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
The maul - January/June 2016
n: Penalty kick Good practice: Liable to sanction:
Setting the scene
These 11 questions all relate to areas of the game you need to think about before a match kicks off, or are related to the role of a match official. For example, it will include laws relating to the ground, team, ball, players clothing, time, match officials, and match official signals.
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
2024-07 Law changes
e in front of a kicker Eliminating the crocodile roll Removing the scrum option when a Free Kic ... t on 1 July 2024. From that date, they will be reflected in World Rugby's digital law content. Offside in front of a kicker Rationale: Teams and players have recognised that in a kick battl ... s created freedom for players to loiter in the middle and wait for a kick tennis battle to conclude.&nbs
5 Time
d unless: a. A scrum, 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. ... e it. a. The decision to decline the conversion must be relayed to the referee by saying “no kick” after the tr
Implementation of the 20minute red card replacement in elite rugby - August 2025
r (FPRO) appointed to enable an off-field review process to be used. The 20-minute red card replacement can still be used by the on-field officials even if no off-field review process is availabl ... l play incidents may be referred for off-field review during the 10-minute yellow card perio ... d card 5 Referee, 2 ARs, TMO & FPRO Direct from Referee Off-field review by FPRO wh
Offside at the ruck - May 2014
When a scrum half attempts to retrieve the ball from a ruck, the ball is not out until that player has picked the ball up from the ground. In the clip the scrum half is taken out by the player before the ball is off the ground and this would be deemed to be offside by the player tackling the scrum half. If, however, the scrum half had picked up the ball and a defending player tackles the scru
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
2025-07 Global Law Trial - 20-minute red card replacement
5. Foul Play - Law 9 9.30: When a player is being sent off, the referee will show that player a red card and the player will take no further part in the match. A player sent off ma ... r cannot be replaced. For other actions, the player sent off may be replaced after 20 minutes playing tim
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 5-2014
s the temporary replacement for a player undergoing an HIA cannot kick for goal. If the player undergoin ... t and the replacement is then permitted to kick for goal. If the fourth official is notified within ten minutes that the player has been assessed will not be returning, can the replacement then kick for goal before the ten minutes has elapsed? 2. Temporary replacement sent off Our understandin
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
7 Advantage
e. A quick throw, free-kick or penalty is taken incorrectly. f. The ball is made dead. g. It woul
Side entry - July 2022
e Arriving players must ‘Drive not dive’ to clear out an opponent. Shorten steps and bind, not dive off feet. Cannot seal off Attacking support players cannot come off their feet to seal off the contes
Head Contact Process - March 2021
s to present all the hard points, bouncing off green 2’s low tackle attempt Green 8 braces to present all the hard points, bouncing off red 8’s low tackle There needs to be an understandin
Dangerous tackles - October 2026
e in injuries to both participants. Players who do this are taking themselves off their feet in ope
Five key areas of refereeing June 2012
h the gate Ball winning team should not prevent a contest by “sealing off” Arriving players shoul
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 2-2021
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
14 Tackle
y. After a tackle all of the players must be on their feet while they play the ball Player off feet and playing the ball at the tackle Player off feet and playing the ball at the tackle 14.9 An
4 Permitted clothing
y found to be wearing that item on the playing area, that player is sent off for misconduct. Sanctio
3 Team
d scrums. 3.15 Uncontested scrums as a result of a sending off, yellow card or injury must be playe ... n ends, or to act as a replacement. 3.20 If a front-row player is sent off, and the team canno ... y also be replaced. 3.30 If a temporary replacement is sent off, the originally replaced playe
Enforcement of current law - refereeing at the breakdown - March 2020
r. Possession may be won either by rucking or by pushing the opposing team off the bal
Uncontested Scrums - December 2017
t of a front row player being sent off, another player has to be nominated by the team to leave the playin ... t as a replacement/substitute. LAW AMENDMENT TRIAL (h) Uncontested scrums as a result of a sending of
Clarification 4-2002
d to the following point of Law: 'These can be taken following a scrum collapse providing the kic ... e kick. Such an interpretation is contrary to the first principle of refereeing as set out in the IR ... k or Maul) must be admonished or cautioned and temporarily suspended or sent off" In other word ... e kick is NOT an option for the referee in this instance. Law 8. 3 (d) is specific that "Advantage MUS
Clarification 9-2004
r must be sent-off. Penalty: Penalty Kick The final paragraph states: A penalty try must be awarde ... r admonished, or cautioned that a send off will result if the offence or a similar offence is committed, or sent-off. After a caution a player is temporarily suspended from the match for a period of te ... y being scored through foul play must either be cautioned and temporarily suspended or sent of
Maul - June 2026
s to compete for the ball, which is held off the ground.” If a team wishes to form a maul, or to defen
Uncontested Scrums - March 2020
See also: 2025 Law Application Guideline on 20 minute red card Law 3: Team 13. Scrums will become uncontested if either team cannot field a suitably trained front row or if the referee so orders. 15. Uncontested scrums as a result of a sending off, temporary suspension or injury must be played with eight players per side. 17. In a squad of 23 players * elite rugby or at the discretio
19 Scrum
e must order uncontested scrums. Uncontested scrums as a result of a sending off, yellow card or injur ... 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 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
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
Clarification 3-2011
t travel forward (not supported in Law) this Law seems difficult to apply. If a ball ricochets off a playe ... n of the ball approaches a kicker at close quarters and makes an attempt to block the kick. In such circumstances players in front of the kicker who are within 10 metres of the kick are not liable to penalt ... n player and a player from the kicker’s side is within the 10 metre area in front of the kic
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