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Clarification 9-2004
r must be sent-off. Penalty: Penalty Kick The final paragraph states: A penalty try must be awarded if the offence prevents a try that would probably otherwise have been scored. A player who prevents a tr ... w rewritten) to ensure that in each and every circumstance, where a penalty try is awarde ... r; certain incidences of scrum collapsing. In these circumstances, the sanction of a penalty tr
Clarification 1-2025
e they are in relation to the try-line: Law 15.16b: A player must not jump on top of a ruc ... e 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 3-2022
t of dangerous play, in line with the above ruling, then a try cannot be the reward. In principle, in a try scoring situation, if the action is deemed to be a dive forward for a try, then it shoul ... l carrier. A.2 A ball carrier may dive with the ball in order to score a try, and we all agre
Clarification 1-2015
d of the match, we would like a clarification in Law. Scenario 1 A try is scored in the last minute of a gam ... e allows play to continue. (f) If time expires after a try has been scored the referee allows time for the conversion kick to be taken.” Variation for Seven-a-side – in practice: The team scoring a tr ... y Committee Scenario 1 A team scoring a try near the end of the match may take the conversion kic
Clarification 2-2009
h-in-goal line or dead ball line. Scenario: A player carrying the ball attempts to score a tr ... d it on the basis that a player touching a touch line is out of play and it should be the same in in-goa ... y the same time) touches the touch-in-goal line with an arm, leg or any part of his body. Questions from above: 1. Is a try scored? 2. Is the player in touch-in-goal? 3. Is an attacking scrum 5m fro
Clarification 1-2012
n for the following: Following a kick ahead, the ball goes over the goal line and whilst it is still u ... s the opposition in-goal area and the player’s feet touch the touch-in-goal line or beyond then the player is in touch-in-goal and a try is not awarded. Law 19 Touch and Lineout – Definition ... l . If an attacking player is in touch or in touch-in-goal, the player can score a try by grounding the bal
Clarification 4-2024
e in play for an injury to a player or when a try has been scored. (plus clauses i-iv) b) &nbs ... r a team has indicated they intend to kick at goal, or a try has been scored. c) &nbs ... y for the kicker’s use) after a team has indicated they intend to kick at goal, or a try has been score
Clarification 2-2026
p; Offside at a ruck - 15.4: Each team has an offside line that runs parallel to the try line through the hindmost point of any ruck participant. If that point is on or behind the try line, the offside line for that team is the try line. During a ruck - 15.11: Once a ruck has formed, no player ma
Clarification 3-2005
n unhindered across the goal line to score a try. 1. Law 21.5(b) states that ‘If the kicker indicate ... l line; Blue team opt for a kick at goal, placing the ball on the mark and informing the refere ... t then the abovementioned situation is legal and the referee should award a try. Ruling of the designated member
Clarification 3-2010
h a player from Team A and Team B dive for the ball. The referee refers to the TMO for decision of try or no try and also if any foul play has occurred. On viewing the evidence the TMO advises no foul play ha ... d by the players touching the ball and the ball travels and lands on or over the dead ball line or touch-in-goal line the referee awards a drop out.
Clarification 7-2015
t a tackled player: Law 22 (e) Tackled near the goal-line. If a player is tackled near to the opponents’ goal line so that this player may immediately reach out and ground the ball on or over the goal-line, a try is scored. (f) In this situation, defending players who are on their feet may legally prevent the try by pulling the ball from the tackled player’s hands or arms, but must not kick the ball. La
Clarification 5-2016
l line. If this is not the case then there will be significant differences in outcome in the followin ... p by a player who had a foot over a touch in goal line or whether the players foot was over the dead ball line; and Whether or not the ball is dead following a player returning the ball to the playing area could depend on whether the ball was over the touch in-goal line or dead ball line. The differen
Clarification 1-2022
s of the Rugby Committee For a try to be awarded, Law 8.2a says an attacking player ha ... r, the attacking player did not do so ‘first’, so a try cannot be awarded. Therefore the defender’s touc ... e of these situations: Kicked into in-goal by an attacker = Goal line drop-out (Law 12.12b) Charged down fro ... e = scrum on the 5m line, attacking throw in (Law 19.1 table row 5) Scenario 1 is onl
Clarification 2-2005
w for a try or a touch in goal where the ball would have been grounded. However, nothing is stipulate
Clarification 4-2014
m gaining possession of it, and must try to make the ball available immediately so that play ca ... t early, late or dangerously. A player must not tackle an opponent above the line of the shoulders even if the tackle starts below the line of the shoulders. A tackle around the neck or hea
Clarification 7-2014
p with their legs. c) All players: Other restrictions on winning the ball. Players must not try to win the bal
Clarification 2-2016
Clarification in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby Committee Clarification 2-2016 Union / HP Ref Manager Alain Rolland Law Reference 3 Date 2016-08-05 Request Alain Rolland, Fifteens High Performance Referee Manager has requested clarification on the following items within law 3.14. Does the injured player have to go off at the time of the foul play or can the player try to pla
Clarification 2-2023
d the increasing trend of the “cannon arm” tactic usually adopted near the goal line in ‘pick and go’ scenario ... e that this specific tactic is outside of law, then we run the risk of players projecting towards the goal lin ... g action in determining if a try can be awarded. As World Rugby outlined in the Law Application Guidelin