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Clarification 8-2006
r the players on the ground in front of him? 3. Can the referee allow a player coming from his side to hi ... s on the ground in front of him? 4. Can the referee allow a player coming from his side to hit the ar ... d) and 16.3(d). 4. Yes. If the player was on his feet and came from an onside position.
Clarification 2-2007
n a previously sin-binned White player return; given that the 10 minutes have fully elapsed? (If so, we assume that the returning player may take the penalty kick.) Ruling of the designated member ... t a player rejoin the match until the ball is dead. The ball is dead when the ball is out of pla
Clarification 3-2025
e for the opposing team. At what point is the offside player put back onside if they retreat? 2) &nbs ... t is the offside player put back onside if they retreat? 3) Finally, we kindly reques ... e clear that an offside player in front of a kicker must retreat, not interfere with play; not mov ... e immediately” (the 10m law). Therefore, any player in front of a kicker must be actively retirin
Clarification 4-2003
n that a replacement player must be able to play in the position in a manner that ensures that the match can continue safely with fully contested scrums? Or is the IRB requiring that a replacement playe ... m be in breach of Law 3.5(d) if they did not have another player, either on the field or the bench, wh ... y due to injury, would this team be in breach of Law 3.5(d) if they did not have another player, eithe
Clarification 1-2023
t World Sevens Series fixture in Hong Kong an attacking player carrying the ball into in-goal, place ... d by the referee or other non-player in in-goal, the referee judges what would have happened next and awards a try or a touch down at the place where the contact took place. 21.1a The ball can be grounded in in-goal: By holding it and touching the ground with it. 21.3 An attacking player groundin
Clarification 2-2004
g. 4 players among those who start the match if the list includes 16, 17 or 18 players. 2. A playe ... d by an opponent. He drops the ball but not forward within his 22. The ball is then picked up by the same playe ... l starting fifteen. Replacements must also satisfy Law 3.5 (c) and (d). 2. In this scenario the player has played the ball outside his 22 metre line and it has then gone into his 22 metre area. This playe
Clarification 10-2004
d Law 19-Touch & line-out and Law 21 Penalty and Free Kicks (1) A player of the attacking team kick ... l straight infield. He gathers it and kicks direct to touch. What is the correct decision? (2) A playe ... d. If the action as described was taken by a player after his team had been awarded a penalty kic ... s, the player has infringed this Law and a scrum to the opposing team should be ordered.
Clarification 5-2005
s the tackling of a player who is in the air, either in the line out or in open play. The Law is designe ... s a serious anomaly, therefore, that a player(s) can deliberately lift an opponent off his fee ... t of foul play should it occur in general play; e.g. a player, on the fringes of ruck or maul, so lifte ... s feet in a tackle AND dropping or 'spearing' that player so that his head and/or upper body come
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 tr ... l is kicked into in-goal by a player from the attacking team and the ball is made dead by the players touching the ball down but the match officials cannot determine which player touched the ball down La ... l. • If the ball is kicked into in-goal by a player from the attacking team and the ball is made dea
Clarification 4-2002
B Level One Referee Beginner Course, that of player safety. Law 6. 9 (g) "The referee must blo ... n a front row player is lifted into the air or is forced upwards out of a scrum, or when it is probable that a player has been seriously injured". Law 10. 5. Sanction clearly states "Any player wh ... s the referee's minimum action in this case is to speak to the offending player in the scrum and warn hi
Clarification 2-2021
k/scrumhalf (or any player) executes a ‘box kick’, which is, in most circumstances, designed to be a shor ... e behind a player who had advanced forward of them). CLARIFICATION REQUEST: In the circumstance ... m? Clarification of the designated members of the Rugby Committee The onus is on the offside playe ... s players who are offside under Law 10.4c), the offside player must move past an onside team-mat
18 Touch, quick throw and lineout
Sevens 18.8 Where the game is restarted with a lineout and which team throws in is determined as follows: a. General Event Location of the mark of touch Who throws in A player, in their own half, kicks the ball indirectly into touch in the opposition’s 22. Eithe ... n half into touch in the opposition’s 22). Where the player or ball touches the touchlin
Clarification 1-2025
e These are potentially dangerous actions, so a player who attempts this and makes any contac ... e they are in relation to the try-line: Law 15.16b: A player must not jump on top of a ruc
Clarification 3-2002
h is Exception 2 on page 109. Members of the RFU Laws Task Group have a view that this player (the Receiver) ma ... m under this Exception 2. To support a player in the line-out is therefore transgressing this Exception
Clarification 10-2003
1 and the player was given 15 minutes from that time in which to return to the field of play. Should Tea ... s permitted in Law? Ruling of the designated members of the Rugby Committee (1) If a player doe
Clarification 7-2005
d of play, and also covers the scrum moving across the goal-line and, that a defending player ma ... e statement, the scrum half is also a defending player and therefore can legally ground the ball. The of
Clarification 4-2008
n a player carrying the ball is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier’s tea ... t; the ball carrier and one player from each team. All the players involved must be caugh
Clarification 3-2012
Clarification in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby Committee Clarification 3-2012 Union / HP Ref Manager IRFU Law Reference 3 Date 2012-11-15 Request The IRFU seeks urgent clarification on Law 3.14(d): With the introduction of 23 player squads, is it the intention that Law 3.14( ... e the player whose departure caused uncontested scrums."
Head Contact Process - Head on head
1 No sanction - no fault of the player - involuntary collision and the tackler had no time to readjust 2 Red card - head to head contact with a high degree of danger, no control, high speed and a leading head 3 Red card - head to head contact with a high degree of danger, no control, high speed and a leading head 4 Penalty - head to head contact but mitigation as there is a sudden chang
Head Contact Process - High tackle
Video clips 1 No foul play - no contact with the head, neck or throat - play on 2 No sanction - no fault of the player - significant drop by the ball carrier and tackler had no time to readjust 3 Penalty - indirect head contact with no force and no speed 4 Yellow card - direct head contact but very low force 5 Red card - direct head contact with a high degree of danger, no control and high spee
Clarification 4-2004
2-The Receiver may run into the gap and perform any of the actions available to any other playe ... n it leaves the throwers hands? (2) Can the receiver change places with any other player in the line-ou ... s. The receiver can change places with any other player in the line-out prior to the ball being thrown-in. ( ... r player in the line-out. (5) There is no restriction on how close the receiver can stand to the lin
Clarification 9-2009
s of the player throwing in.
Clarification 2-2025
y of the play under Law 9.7(a), which states: "A player must not intentionally infringe any law of the gam ... n of the kick being retaken or a scrum. Law 9: Foul Play: Unfair play 9.7 A player mus ... l unintentionally fails to go 10m or a player overruns their teammate at the kick-off/restart. However, if matc
Clarification 9-2002
p into the Lineout before the ball leaves the hands of the thrower, if at the same time a player of this tea ... p into the Lineout before the ball leaves the hands of the thrower, if another player of his tea ... d to step into the lineout before the ball leaves the hands of the thrower, if at the same time a playe
Clarification 11-2003
y and they drive towards the line. A defending player drives in low and wraps his arms aroun ... y and they drive towards the line. A defending player, while remaining on his feet, grasps his jerse ... s the line. A defending player, while remaining on his feet, drives into the #8, who still has his #6 boun
Clarification 3-2016
h and, as such, would have to go to uncontested scrums. Law 3.6(d) states that a player whose departur ... e a team that had lost a player due to foul play. Law 3.14 should supersede Law 3.6(d) in the unusual situation where a front row player has been injured as a direct result of foul play.
Clarification 9-2014
d to restart play after an attacking player has put or taken the ball into the in-goal, without infringement, and a defending player has made the ball dead there or it has gone into touch-in goa ... n within one minute from the time the player indicates the intention to kick at goal. The intention to kick is signaled by the arrival of the kicking tee or sand, or when the player makes a mar
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
9 [Replacement] 12.9 If the ball is kicked into the opponents’ in-goal without touching any playe ... d into the opponents’ in-goal without touching any player and an opponent grounds the ball without dela ... n an unsuccessful penalty goal or dropped goal attempt is grounded or made dead in in-goal by the defendin ... m at a kick-off or restart kick, if the ball is played or taken into in-goal by an attacking playe
Clarification 5-2004
s available to any other player in the line-out without penalty? (2) If the non-throwing team has fewe
Clarification 1-2007
l stages in the Union’s Player Pathway where the Laws provide for a scrum, or modified 3 person scru
12 Kick-off and restart kicks
l without touching any player and an opponent grounds the ball without delay or it goes dead throug ... d by: 12.9 If the ball is kicked into the opponents’ in-goal without touching any player and an opponen
Clarification 4-2018
d situations where the Team Dr attends to a player (play continues) but then determine ... d that a player is seriously injured. Addendum This clarification is already covered in Law. Practica
Clarification 3-2021
Clarification in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby Committee Clarification 3-2021 Union / HP Ref Manager HP 15’s Referee Manager Law Reference 15 Date 2021-12-10 Request RUCK SIDE EXTENSION Recently there have been instances of rucks being extended sideways which gets the last player ver ... m the ruck. These actions should be discouraged. If a player is fully bound and they have moved beyon
Clarification 5-2016
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 are
Clarification 1-2022
s of a player from each team on a loose ball? How should play be restarted when there is doubt abou ... 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 ... r with, or without a TMO, where there is doubt about who grounded the ball first, Law 21.17 declare
3 Team
o at the half-way line after the replaced player has left the field of play. Sanction: Penalt
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
Clarification 5-2003
d this team be in breach of Law 3.5 [d] if they did not have another player, either on the fiel
Clarification 4-2006
Ruling in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby Committee Clarification 4-2006 Union / HP Ref Manager SARU Law Reference 4 Date 2006-06-14 Request 1. Players are wearing elastic ‘long sleeves’ with the mark of the manufacturer. The mark is approximately 80 sq cms. Does this garment resort under Law 4.1(a) which stipulates that ‘A player may wear supports made of elasticated or compressibl
Clarification 6-2006
k of the tackled player. Question: Even if the subsequent contact with the head or neck is not intentiona