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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 members of the Rugby Committee A substitution can only be made when the ball is dead. A referee must not let a playe
Clarification 3-2025
t is the offside player put back onside if they retreat? 2) Second clip – Offside player ... h and a quick throw-in is possible for the opposing team. At what point is the offside player put back onsid ... e. Before the ball is dead, Law 10.4 a, b and c make clear that an offside player in front of a kicker mus ... m from the ball alighting, must “retire immediately” (the 10m law). Therefore, any playe
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 ... e to injury, would this team be in breach of Law 3.5(d) if they did not have another player, eithe
Clarification 3-2012
Clarification in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby CommitteeClarification3-2012Union / HP Ref ManagerIRFULaw Reference3Date2012-11-15Request 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(d) is applicabl ... d front row replacement for any reason, the team concerned shall not be entitled to replace the playe
Clarification 1-2023
d Sevens Series fixture in Hong Kong an attacking player carrying the ball into in-goal, place ... s: 6.12 If the ball is touched by the referee or other non-playe ... n 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 playe
Clarification 2-2004
4 players among those who start the match if the list includes 16, 17 or 18 players. 2. A playe ... t. He drops the ball but not forward within his 22. The ball is then picked up by the same player wh ... 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
9-Touch & line-out and Law 21 Penalty and Free Kicks (1) A player of the attacking team kicks the bal ... t 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 kick or fre ... s, the player has infringed this Law and a scrum to the opposing team should be ordered.
Clarification 5-2005
g of a player who is in the air, either in the line out or in open play. The Law is designed to protec ... s a serious anomaly, therefore, that a player(s) can deliberately lift an opponent off his feet and then ma ... 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 9-2009
s that a receiver cannot run into a gap in the lineout until the ball has left the hands of the playe
Clarification 3-2010
t grounding Law 22.15 Scenario Team A kick the ball into their opponents in goal. Both a player fro ... 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 2-2021
f (or any player) executes a ‘box kick’, which is, in most circumstances, designed to be a short-rang ... k, this replicates the current situation (ie. offside players were required to retire behind a playe ... n of the designated members of the Rugby CommitteeThe onus is on the offside player to move. He or sh ... o are offside under Law 10.4c), the offside player must move past an onside team-mate. In other words, unde
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. Either the team did not tak ... h in the opposition’s 22). Where the player or ball touches the touchline or the ground beyond it. The oppositio
Clarification 1-2025
s, so a player who attempts this and makes any contact with players already on the ground ca ... e: Law 15.16b: A player must not jump on top of a ruck; or Law 9.11 which covers action
Clarification 3-2002
2 on page 109. Members of the RFU Laws Task Group have a view that this player (the Receiver) ma ... r 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 Team A, # ... d in Law? Ruling of the designated members of the Rugby Committee (1) If a player does not advis
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
l successfully concluded or is the maul still active? Law 17 Maul, Definition A maul occurs when a playe ... t; the ball carrier and one player from each team. All the players involved must be caught in or boun
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 sudde
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 dange
Clarification 4-2004
p and perform any of the actions available to any other player in the line-out. The receiver is liabl ... 2) Can the receiver change places with any other player in the line-out prior to the ball being throw ... y other player in the line-out prior to the ball being thrown-in. (3) The non-throwing teams receive ... r may run into the gap and perform any of the actions available to any other player in the line-out. (
Clarification 2-2025
h states: "A player must not intentionally infringe any law of the game." Watching the dynamic ... l Play: Unfair play 9.7 A player must not: a. Intentionally infringe any law of the game. Sanctio ... 6 set out the sanctions where the ball unintentionally fails to go 10m or a player overrun
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 team in the Lineou ... p 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 around the leg ... 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 #
Clarification 2-2009 (1)
s are involved and there is doubt as to who grounded it first. In this scenario, there is no opposition playe ... l line. Scenario: A player carrying the ball attempts to score a try. In the process of groundin ... y scored? 2. Is the player in touch-in-goal? 3. Is an attacking scrum 5m from the goal line awarde
Clarification 3-2016
h and, as such, would have to go to uncontested scrums. Law 3.6(d) states that a player whose departure cause ... 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
t 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 goal or on or ove ... 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
s’ in-goal 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 ... e drop-out when an unsuccessful penalty goal or dropped goal attempt is grounded or made dea ... l by an attacking player and is made dead by an opponent, play is restarted with a 22-metre drop-out. 12.1
Clarification 5-2004
e to any other player in the line-out without penalty? (2) If the non-throwing team has fewer numbe
Clarification 4-2006
Ruling in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby CommitteeClarification4-2006Union / HP Ref ManagerSARULaw Reference4Date2006-06-14Request 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 compressible material
Clarification 1-2007
s 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 is kicked into the opponents’ in-goal without touching any player and an opponent grounds the bal ... t touching any player and an opponent grounds the ball without delay or it goes into touch-in-goa
Clarification 4-2018
d situations where the Team Dr attends to a player (play continues) but then determines that the situatio ... h. When it would be dangerous to let play continue or when it is suspected that a player is seriousl
Clarification 3-2021
Clarification in Law by the Designated Members of the Rugby CommitteeClarification3-2021Union / HP Ref ManagerHP 15’s Referee ManagerLaw Reference15Date2021-12-10RequestRUCK SIDE EXTENSIONRecently there have been instances of rucks being extended sideways which gets the last player very clos ... m the ruck.These actions should be discouraged.If a player is fully bound and they have moved beyond the offsid
Clarification 5-2016
g circumstances: How the game is restarted could depend on whether or not the ball was picked up by a playe ... e; and Whether or not the ball is dead following a player returning the ball to the playing area coul
Clarification 1-2022
d play be restarted when there is a simultaneous touchdown in in-goal, with hands of a player fro ... e For a try to be awarded, Law 8.2a says an attacking player has to ground the ball first. Where there is simultaneous grounding by an attacker and a defender, the attacking player did not d ... e there is doubt about who grounded the ball first, Law 21.17 declares a restart of a 5m scrum, attacking tea
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h at any time. Players entering the field of play must do so at the half-way line after the replaced playe
Clarification 1-2020
v Blues, round 5 SR Aotearoa, 55.35). The Crusaders player began charging as the kicker stepped bac
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 Committee There are two issues which must bot
Clarification 5-2003
m be in breach of Law 3.5 [d] if they did not have another player, either on the field or the benc
Clarification 6-2006
d player. Question: Even if the subsequent contact with the head or neck is not intentiona