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Throw forward or forward pass

Hands gesture as if passing an imaginary ball forward.

l and the ball goes forward. Sanction: Scrum (if the ball goes into touch, the non-offending team may opt instead for a quick-throw or lineout). 11.3 A player must not intentionally knock the ball forwar ... r knocks the ball forward immediately after an opponent has kicked it (charge down). b. A player rips or knocks the ball from an opponent and the ball goes forward from the opponent’s hand or ar

Law 11: Knock-on or throw forward

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Definitions

e foot positioned forward in the middle of the tunnel to help stability and to avoid axial loadin ... l-carrier. Forward Towards the opposition’s dead-ball line. Foul play Anything a player does withi ... p-kick. Knock-on When a player loses possession of the ball and it goes forward, or when a player hits the ball forward with the hand or arm, or when the ball hits the hand or arm and goes forwar

Playing Charter

g the ball forward is denied the throw at the subsequent scrum. The advantage then must always li

IRB Maul Working Group Outcomes - August 2009

k of an elongated maul holding the ball whilst the maul moves forward (‘truck and trailer’). An IRB working grou ... s whilst the players in the maul continue going forward, they are obstructing the opposition if that player continues moving forward using the players in front as a shield. Clip 3 - Obstruction ... n, Law 17.6 (d) and (e) should apply : When a maul has stopped moving forward for more than fiv

14 Tackle

y direction except forward. They may place the ball in any direction. Sanction: Penalty. b. Move awa ... n by the team moving forward prior to the stoppage or, if no team was moving forwar

19 Scrum

k-on or throw forward, apart from at a lineout. In the scrum zone at the point closest to the place of infringement. The non-offending team. A knock-on or throw forward at a lineout; incorrect thro ... e at the point closest to where the tackle or ruck took place. The team last moving forward. If neither team was moving forward, the attacking team. A maul that ends unsuccessfully. In the scrum zon

Touch Rugby

t tackle has been made) or throw forward has taken place, or the ball goes to ground, or the ball ha ... e been put onside. Sanction: Penalty kick Law 12: Ball to Ground or Throw Forward 12.1 When the bal ... d. Forward means towards the opposing team’s dead ball line. Sanction: Ruck ball awarded to the non-offending team 12.2 A throw forward occurs when a player throws or passes the ball forward. Sanctio

Beach Touch Rugby

e to sanction if taking part in the game. Sanction: Free pass Law 12: Knock on and Throw Forwar ... m, and the ball goes forward to touch the ground or another player before this player gains, or regains, possession. Forward means towards the opposing team’s goal line. Sanction: Free pass to the non-offending team 12.2 A throw forward occurs when a player throws or passes the ball forward. Sanctio

Beach Tag Rugby

g part in the game. Sanction: Free pass Law 12: Knock on and Throw Forward 12.1 A knock-on occurs when a player loses ball possession, or contacts the ball with hand or arm, and the ball goes forward to touch the ground or another player before this player gains, or regains, possession. Forward mean ... w forward occurs when a player throws or passes the ball forward. Sanction: Free pass to the no

Beach Fives Rugby

t in the game. Sanction: Free kick Law 12: Knock on and Throw Forward 12.1 A knock-on occurs when a player loses ball possession, or contacts the ball with hand or arm, and the ball goes forward to touch the ground or another player before this player gains, or regains, possession. Forward means towards the opposing team’s goal line. Sanction: Free kick to the non-offending team 12.2 A throw forwar

Tag Rugby

s been made), knock-on or throw forward has taken place, or the ball has been carried out of the fiel ... m gains possession of the ball. Law 12: Knock-on or Throw Forward 12.1 A knock-on occurs when a player loses ball possession, or contacts the ball with a hand or arm, and the ball goes forward to touch the ground or another player before this player gains, or regains, possession. Forward means toward

Law Application Guideline - January 2023

y tournament for 2023, the following law application guidelines have been brought forwar ... l forward with hand or arm. Sanction: Penalty. 11.4 It is not an intentional knock-on if, in the ac

Decision-making framework for high tackles - May 2019

t movement is back in a head-contact tackle or head-contact shoulder charge, and forward in a ‘bod ... n Tackler draws the arm back prior to contact Tackler may leave the ground Arm swings forward prio

10 Offside and onside in open play

l throw forward is not offside. 10.4 An offside player may be penalised, if that player: a. Interfere

18 Touch, quick throw and lineout

g the ball going into touch from a knock-on or throw forward. Where the ball reached the touchlin ... e, players who are not participating in the lineout may move forward. If that occurs, then their opponents may also move forward. If the ball does not go beyond the 15-metre line, the player

Shape of the Game: Reinforcement of current law - March 2024

p; Law definition: Brake foot Where a hooker has one foot positioned forward in the middl

Clarification 2-2021

s run forward beyond the offside players, and is now positioned in front of them, the offside player ... r who had advanced forward of them). CLARIFICATION REQUEST: In the circumstances where a kick travels less than 10m forward, are offside players required to retire any distance, or to a fixed poin

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