Hampshire Rugby Union

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Hampshire Rugby Union Referees
Society 2008/2009 Season
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October meeting

• Law/ELV issues?
• Tackle Ruck
• Society matters

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Law/ELV Issues

• Law 19.7 Forming a Lineout
•  (f) Player between touch and 5 metres. The team
  not throwing in must have a player standing
  between the touch line and the 5 metre line on
  that teams line of touch when the lineout is
  formed. That player must stand at least two
  metres from the five metre line.
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• The outcome of the clarification confirmed the
  direct opponent of the player throwing the ball
  into the lineout must take up a position at least
  two metres from the five metre line and he is
  permitted to stand between his teams lineout and
  his teams 10 metre off side line

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Law Issues Ending a Maul

• In a maul all the defending players voluntarily
  withdraw. Has the maul successfully concluded or
  is the maul still active?
• Ruling
• The maul has not successfully concluded and it is
  not still active.
• As the players have all left, the maul ceases to
  exist and has not ended successfully or
  unsuccessfully as determined by the definition of
  a maul.
• The ball is now in open play and the relevant
  Laws apply
• How are we going to referee this?
• If the ball is at the front of the body of
  players in possession - play on
• If the ball is at the back of the group of
  players we should call - use it
• Opposition players not in possession may come
  around to play the ball as open play exists
• If the ball is at the back and not used, and the
  opposition are prevented from playing the ball,
  the referee should award a scrum for accidental
  offside

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Law/ELV Issues

• Scenario
• Ball kicked for touch
• Winger catches ball in touch and takes quick
  throw in
• All conditions met but the thrower manages a
  clear, though unintentional, throw forward to his
  Centre who is retreating to assist
• Question What should the referee's decision be
  and why?
• Options
• Scrum to the opposing team on the 15 metre mark
  (For forward pass)
• Give receiving side a lineout (play hasnt
  restarted properly so ball not live)
• Options to opposition - line out/scrum
  (Incorrectly taken l/o)
• 2 is the recommended action, although 3 could be
  justified

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Tackle Ruck

• Biggest area of the game
• What we want to do this evening
• Define what a tackle and ruck is
• Determine when a tackle becomes a ruck
• Look at what we expect from everyone involved in
  both phases

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Tackle

• Definition (Law 15)
• A tackle occurs when the ball carrier is held by
  one or more opponents and is brought to ground.
• A ball carrier who is not held is not a tackled
  player and a tackle has not taken place.
• Opposition players who hold the ball carrier and
  bring that player to ground, and who also go to
  ground, are known as tacklers.
• Opposition players who hold the ball carrier and
  do not go to ground are not tacklers.

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Ruck

• Definition (Law 16)
• A ruck is a phase of play where one or more
  players from each team, who are on their feet, in
  physical contact, close around the ball on the
  ground. Open play has ended.
• Rucking. Players are rucking when they are in a
  ruck and using their feet to try to win or keep
  possession of the ball, without being guilty of
  foul play

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Transition
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Expectations

• If we are to have an orderly tackle area and
  transition into ruck, we have to have firm
  expectations on those involved
• In Groups
• What do we expect of the tackler?
• What do we expect of the tackled player?
• What do we expect of arriving players?
• How/what do we communicate to all three areas?

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Videos

• What decisions would you make?

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