INDEX TO LAWS OF THE GAME

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Accidental Off-side

24(A) Exception (i)

Advantage

8

Attacking Team

Definition, 12, 14

Attacking Player

12

Ball

Description of, 2;

Held in In-goal, 14(1);

Illegally Touched, 11;

In Touch, 23;

In Touch-in-goal, 14(2), (3), 26(3);

Lying with, on or Near, 19;

Taking over own Goal line, 14(2);

Touching Referee, 9;

Unplayable, 14( I ), 22(3), 23(12)

Beyond or Behind or In Front

Definition

Binding

in Scrummage, 20(6); in Ruck, 21(1)

Charging

at Kicks

10(5),13(2),15(5), 28

at Line-out

23 B(15), (16), (20)

at Opponent

26(1),(2)

Choice of Ends

5(1)

Citing of Players

26

Collapsing

of Scrummage

20(14), 26(3)

of Ruck

21(2), 26(3)

Commencement of Match

6A (6), (7)

Corner Post

I and Plan

Crossbar

Plan and 11

Dangerous Play at Scrummage

20(3), 26(3)

Dead Ball

Definition, 14

Dead-Ball Line

1, Plan, 14

Defending Team

Definition, 10, 12, 23

Defending Player

14

Delays

Permitted, 5

Illegal

13(2), 20(1), 23 B(3), 24C, D 27(2), 28

Dress

4

Drop Kick

10, 11, 13, 15, 27, 28

Drop-Out

12 C(2), 14(3), 15

Duration of Match

5

Fair-catch (Mark)

Definition, 16, 17 (2), 28

Field-of-Play

I

Flag

1 and Plan

Five Meters

Plan

for Scrummage, 12 D 14, 20

for Line-out, 23 B(9)

for Penalty Kick, 2i(2)

for Free Kick, 28

Foul Play

26

Free Kick

16, 28; in red in Laws 20 and 23

Goal

Scoring, 11

Signaling, 6B(6),(7)

Kick at, 13,27

Goal Lines

1 and Plan;

Try on, 12 A(2);

Off-side Line at Lineout, 24 D

Ground

1 and Plan

Grounding Ball

11, 12

Hacking

26(3)

Half-time

5(3), 6A (6), 10

Half-way Line

Plan, 10

Holding Opponent

23 B(15), (16), 26(3)

Hooker

20, Definition, (6)

Illegal Tackles

26 (3)

In-goal

I and Plan, 11,12,14,16, 26 (Penalty (iii)), 28

In-goal

Play

9 (2)

Try, 12

International Matches Time

5(2)

International Rugby Football Board

6(3)

Interval

5(3)

Jumping--Illegal

21 (2), 22(2), 23 B(15)

Kick

Definition, 7

Kick-off

5(1), 7, 10

Knock-on

17

Late Tackle

26 (30

Line-out

Formation of, 23 B (1), (2), (3), (4), (5);

Begins, 23 B (11);

Throwing in the Ball, 23 B (6), (7), (8), (9), (10);

Quick throw-in, 23 (9), (10);

Peeling off, 23 B (13), (14), (18);

Restriction on Players, 23B(15),(16),(17),(18),(19), (20), (21 );

Off-side at, 24 D ( 1 ), (2), (3);

On-side at, 24 D (4), 25 (3);

Ends, 23 B (12)

Line through the Mark (or Place)

Definition

Lying with, on or Near Ball

18

Mark (Fair Catch)

Definition, 16, 17, (2), 28

Maul

22, 24 C, 25 (3)

Method of Scoring

11

Minor Injuries

6 (A) (7)

Misconduct

26 (1), (2), (3)

Mode of Play

7

National Representative Team

3 ( 1 ), 6 B (6)

No-side

5, 6, (6)

Number of Players

3

Obstruction

26, (1), (3)

Off-side

in General Play, 24 A;

at Lineout 24 D;

at Maul, 24 C;

at Ruck, 24 C;

at Scrummage, 24 B

Off-side Line

Definition, 24 B, C, D

On-side

7, 12 A (1), 25

Options

10 (2), (3), 15, 23 B (9), 24 D, 26, 27, 28

Pass

7, 18 (4), 25 (2), (3)

Peeling Off

23 B Definition, (13), (14), (18), 24 D (1)

Penalties

in red print throughout Laws

Penalty

Kick, 27;

Try, 12 A (5), 26, 28

Picking up the Ball

7, 12 (3), 17 (3), 18 (3), 20 (15), 21 (2) (c)

Place Kick, 10, 13, 27, 28

Plan, The, 1

Players

Dress, 4, 6;

Injured, 5 (4), 6, 16;

In the Line-out, 23 B; Definition, (15), (16), (17), (18), (19);

Leaving Playing Enclosure or Resuming, 6 (8) (c);

Misconduct, 6 (8), 26;

Number of, 3;

Ordered off, 26;

Players on their feet, 18;

Participating in Line-out, 23 B (20), 24 C (2), 24 D (2), 24 E, Definition, (1 );

Reported to the Union, 26;

Touching Referee, 9

Playing Area

1

Playing Enclosure

1, 6

Playing time lost

5

Props

20

Punt

Definition

Pushing an Opponent

23 B (15), (16), 26 (1), (3)

Referee - Appointment and Duties

6 A

Repeated Infringment of Laws

26 (2)

Replacements

3

Ruck

21, 24 C

Scoring, method of

11

Scrummage

20

Binding in, 20 (6);

Entering from Opponents' Side, 24 B, C;

Forcing Way Through, 26 (1) (c);

Forming, 20 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5);

Off-side and Off-side Line, 24 B;

Pushed Over Goal Line, 12 B (3);

Putting Ball into, 12, 14, 20 (7), (8), (9), (10), ( 11 );

Restrictions on Players in, 20 (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17);

Wheeling 20 (18)

Start of Match

6, 7

Stoppage of Match

5, 6

Stoppage of Play

5, 6 A (6)

Striking an Opponent

26 (3)

Studs

4 (3)

Tackle

7, 18

Tackled Player

18

Ten Meters Line

at Kick-off, 1, Plan, 10 (2);

at Line-out, 24 D, Definition

Throw-forward

17

Time

5

Timekeeper

6 A(3)

Toss

5

Touch

1, 6, 23 A

Throwing in from 6 B, 17, 23 B;

Throwing into, 26 (2)

Touch-down

6, 9, 12 C, 14

Touch-in-Goal

1, Plan, 6 B(4), 14 Definition

Touch Judges--Appointment and Duties

6 B

Touch Line

1, Plan, 23 B

Trampling

26(3)

Trial Matches

3 (1)(a)

Tripping

26(3)(b)

Try

9, 11, 12, 14,26

Twenty-two Meters Line

1, Plan, 14, 15, 16

Unconverted Try

10, 13 (1)

Undue Delay

13(2), 27(2), 28

Unfair Play

26(2)

Union

Definition

Upright

1, Plan

Waste of Time

26 (2)

Whistle, 6(6)

Willful

Obstruction and Foul Play, 26 (1), (2), (3);

Collapsing of Scrummage, 20 (16)(d);

Infringement 26 (2);

Knock-on or Throw-forward, 17( 1 );

Kicking Out of Scrummage 20 (14)(c);

Misleading of Opponents, 13, 28;

Throw into Touch; 26(2).

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