Restarts: Penalty

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Restarts Penalty
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Why Do We Penalise?

• A penalty is awarded when an offence is committed
  by any player on or off the pitch
• The penalty should only be awarded when there is
  no greater advantage for the attacking team to
  play on

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Where to Award the Penalty?

• At the infringement
• Most penalties will be awarded here
• Downfield
• Awarded downfield if offence is on the kicker or
  chasers

• Advance 10m
• Players disputing the penalty
• Referee abuse
• 10m in from touch
• Free kick restarts to be taken 10m in from touch

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Advantage

• The penalty must be of greater advantage to the
  non-offending team
• Wait until play has reached the advantage line
• Decide whether there is a clear opportunity to
  gain field advantage or score a try

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Types of Penalty

• Full penalty
• Occurs at most penalty infringements
• Differential penalty
• Occurs at offences during a scrum
• Penalty awarded during the act of scoring
• Occurs after try has been scored
• Penalty try
• Occurs when offence prohibits a definite try
• Penalty at drop goal attempt
• Occurs when offence is committed on kicker

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How Taken

• Full penalty
• Occurs at most penalty infringements
• To be taken with
• Kick for touch
• Place kick at goal
• Free Kick to himself (Tap)

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How Taken

• Differential penalty
• Awarded at scrum infringements (except for foul
  play)
• Kick for touch
• Free Kick to himself (Tap)
• KICK AT GOAL NOT ALLOWED

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How Taken

• Penalty awarded during the act of scoring
• Occurs after a ball has been grounded for a try
• Penalty kick at goal to be taken after the normal
  conversion attempt has been taken
• Penalty kick at goal to be taken in front of
  posts
• Possible 8 points (1 try, 1 conversion, 1 penalty
  goal)

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How Taken

• Penalty try
• Occurs when offence prohibits a definite try
• Try to be awarded in front of the posts
• Conversion to be taken in front of posts

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How Taken

• Penalty at drop goal attempt
• Occurs when offence is committed on the kicker
• If successful
• attacking team receive penalty kick at goal in
  front of posts (possible 3 points)
• If unsuccessful
• attacking team receive full penalty in front of
  posts, 10m from goal line

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Breach at the Penalty

• Defending team
• Advance penalty mark 10m
• Can only occur once for each penalty
• Not retiring 10m from point of penalty kick
• Disputing decision
• Foul language

• Attacking team
• Scrum to defending team
• Team mate in front of player taking penalty kick
• Not taken in the correct place

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Penalty Restarts

• Kick to touch
• Ball in touch without touching defender
• Free Kick (2nd Phase)
• Ball in touch after touching defender
• scrum
• Touch in-goal
• 20m drop out (Unsuccessful Penalty)
• Free Kick
• at the referees designated mark
• Kick at goal
• Successful
• Kick Off
• Unsuccessful
• Follow Kick to touch guidelines

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In Goal Offences

• Defending team
• Penalty try
• Penalty after try

• Attacking team
• Unfairly spoiling the defender or offside
• Penalty awarded 10m in front of goal line, no
  closer than 10m to touch line

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QUIZ

• Rovers Prop throws a punch while the scrum is
  being contested and hits his own team-mate.
• Differential penalty Rovers
• Play on
• Differential penalty Warriors
• Play advantage

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QUIZ

• Rovers kick across field into opponents
  in-goal, Rovers Winger jumps for ball from the
  in-goal area and is tackled in the air by a
  Warriors defender. The winger fumbles, ball
  bounces over dead ball line.
• a) Penalty Rovers 10m from try-line
• Penalty try
• 20m optional restart Rovers
• Penalty try with 2 conversion kicks

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QUIZ

• 3. Rovers Penalty Kick at goal bounces touch
  in-goal without touching a defender
• Goal-line drop-out Warriors
• 20m optional restart Warriors
• Turnover to Warriors 10m from try-line 20m
  infield
• 20m drop out Warriors

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QUIZ

• Rovers awarded a penalty, the captain nominates
  to kick at goal, the referee indicates they are
  to kick at goal. The trainer then informs the
  captain that the coach wants the team to take a
  tap kick. What is your decision?
• Allow tap kick
• Only allow the kick at goal
• Allow any type of kick
• Insist that Rovers takes the kick to touch

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QUIZ

• Warriors kick high into the Rovers in-goal.
  Warriors are offside, but the Rovers Centre
  jumps from inside his own in-goal to catch the
  ball.
• Warriors Centre then challenges for the ball
  successfully whilst inside the in-goal area, and
  grounds the ball in a controlled manner.
• Penalty Rovers, 10m from try-line
• Scrum to Warriors 10m from try-line
• Penalty Rovers, On try line directly opposite
  from where the ball was challenged for.
• Try

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QUIZ

• Rovers Scrum Half attempts a drop goal 20m out.
  A Warriors defender tackles the kicker late
  the kick is unsuccessful and is caught on the
  full by the Warriors Full back
• Penalty Rovers 10m from the middle of the posts
• Congratulate the tackler
• Warriors 20m restart
• Allow the drop goal as successful
• Penalty to Rovers, 10m from the middle of the
  posts (only attempt goal kick)

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QUIZ

• Rovers, are awarded a penalty and attempts a
  drop kick at goal whilst kicking for touch.
• Allow the kick
• Re-take the kick with a punt
• Scrum to Warriors at point of the kick
• Scrum to Warriors 20m in field where the ball
  crosses the touch line
• Bonus
• How many points will be awarded?

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Your Call?
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Your Call?