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Laws of Rugby - Part 1 - Definitions and Law 1 (The Ground): 1.1 - 1.5
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Laws of Rugby - Part 3 - Variations
1.6 OBJECTIONS TO THE GROUND
(a) If either team has objections about the ground or the way it is
marked out they must tell the referee before the match starts.
(b) The referee will attempt to resolve the issues but must not start a
match if any part of the ground is considered to be dangerous.
The Plan
Law 2 The Ball
2.1 SHAPE
The ball must be oval and made of four panels.
2.2 DIMENSIONS
Length in line 280 - 300 millimetres
Circumference (end to end)740 - 770 millimetres
Circumference (in width)580 - 620 millimetres
2.3 MATERIALS
Leather or suitable synthetic material. It may be treated to make it water resistant and easier to grip.
2.4 WEIGHT
410 - 460 grams
2.5 AIR PRESSURE AT THE START OF PLAY
65.71-68.75 kilopascals, or 0.67-0.70 kilograms per square centimetre, or 9.5-10.0 lbs per square inch.
2.6 SPARE BALLS
Spare balls may be available during a match, but a team must not gain
or attempt to gain an unfair advantage by using them or changing them.
2.7 SMALLER BALLS
Balls of different sizes may be used for matches between young players.
Law 3 Number of Players - The Team
DEFINITIONS
A Team: a team consists of fifteen players who start the match plus any authorised replacements and/or substitutes.
Replacement: a player who replaces an injured team mate.
Substitute: a player who replaces a team mate for tactical reasons.
3.1 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PLAYERS ON THE PLAYING AREA
Maximum: each team must have no more than fifteen players on the playing area.
3.2 TEAM WITH MORE THAN THE PERMITTED NUMBER OF PLAYERS
Objection: at any time before or during a match a team may make an
objection to the referee about the number of players in their
opponents? team. As soon as the referee knows that a team has too many
players, the referee must order the captain of that team to reduce the
number appropriately. The score at the time of
the objection remains unaltered.
Penalty: Penalty at the place where the game would restart.
3.3 WHEN THERE ARE FEWER THAN FIFTEEN PLAYERS
A Union may authorise matches to be played with fewer than
fifteen players in each team. When that happens, all the Laws of
the Game apply except that each team must have at least five
players in the scrum at all times.
Exception: matches between teams of seven-a-side are an
exception. These matches are covered by the seven-a-side
variations to the Laws of the Game.
3.4 PLAYERS NOMINATED AS SUBSTITUTES
For international matches a Union may nominate up to seven
replacements/substitutes. For other matches, the Union with
jurisdiction over the match decides how many
replacements/substitutes may be nominated.
A team can substitute up to two front row players and up to five
other players. Substitutions may only be made when the ball is
dead and with the permission of the referee.
3.5 SUITABLY TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED PLAYERS IN THE FRONT ROW
(a) The table below indicates the numbers of suitably trained and
experienced players for the front row when nominating different
numbers of players.
Number of Players Number of Suitably Trained and Experienced Players
15 or less 3 players who can play in the front row
16, 17 or 18 4 players who can play in the front row
19, 20, 21 or 22 5 players who can play in the front row
(b) Each player in the front row and any potential replacement(s)
must be suitably trained and experienced.
(c) When 19, 20, 21 or 22 players are nominated in a team there must
be five players who can play in the front row to ensure that on the
first occasion that a replacement hooker is required and, on the
first occasion that a replacement prop forward is required, the
team can continue to play safely with contested scrums.
(d) The replacement of a front row forward must come from suitably
trained and experienced players who started the match or from the
nominated replacements.
3.6 SENT OFF FOR FOUL PLAY
A player sent off for foul play must not be replaced or substituted.
For an exception to this Law, refer to Law 3.13.
3.7 PERMANENT REPLACEMENT
A player may be replaced if injured. If the player is permanently
replaced, that player must not return and play in that match. The
replacement of the injured player must be made when the ball is
dead and with the permission of the referee.
3.8 THE DECISION FOR PERMANENT REPLACEMENT
(a) When a national representative team is playing in a match, a
player may be replaced only when, in the opinion of a doctor, the
player is so injured that it would be unwise for that player to
continue playing in that match.
(b) In other matches, where a Union has given explicit permission, an
injured player may be replaced on the advice of a medically
trained person. If none is present, that player may be replaced if
the referee agrees.
3.9 THE REFEREE?S POWER TO STOP AN INJURED PLAYER FROM CONTINUING
If the referee decides - with or without the advice of a doctor or
other medically qualified person - that a player is so injured that
the player should stop playing, the referee may order that player
to leave the playing area. The referee may also order an injured
player to leave the field in order to be medically examined.
3.10 TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT
(a)When a player leaves the field to have bleeding controlled and/or
have an open wound covered, that player may be temporarily
replaced. If the player who has been temporarily replaced does not
return to the field of play within 15 minutes (actual time) of
leaving the playing area, the replacement becomes permanent and
the replaced player must not return to the field of play.
(b) If the temporary replacement is injured, that player may also be
replaced.
(c) If the temporary replacement is sent off for foul play, the replaced
player may not return to the field of play.
(d) If a temporary replacement is cautioned and temporarily
suspended, the replaced player may not return to the field of play
until after the period of suspension.
3.11 PLAYER WISHING TO REJOIN THE MATCH
(a) A player who has an open or bleeding wound must leave the
playing area. The player must not return until the bleeding is
controlled and the wound has been covered.
(b) A player who leaves a match because of injury or any other reason
must not rejoin the match until the referee permits the player to
return. The referee must not let a player rejoin a match until the
ball is dead.
(c) If the player rejoins the match without the referee?s permission,
and the referee believes the player did so to help that player?s team
or obstruct the opposing team, the referee penalises the player for
misconduct.
Penalty: A penalty kick is awarded at the place where play
would restart.
3.12 SUBSTITUTED PLAYERS REJOINING THE MATCH
If a player is substituted, that player must not return and play in
that match even to replace an injured player.
Exception 1: a substituted player may replace a player with a
bleeding or open wound.
Exception 2: a substituted player may replace a front row player
when injured, temporarily suspended or sent off.
3.13 FRONT ROW FORWARD SENT OFF OR TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED OR INJURED
(a) If after a front row player has been sent off or during the time a
front row player is temporarily suspended, and there are no further
front row players available from the nominated team, then
uncontested scrums will be ordered. It is not the responsibility of
the referee to determine the suitability of trained front row
replacements nor their availability, as this is a team responsibility.
(b) After a front row player is sent off or during the time a front row
player is temporarily suspended the referee, upon awarding the
next scrum, will ask that player's captain whether or not the team
has another player on the field of play who is suitably trained to
play in the front row. If not, the captain chooses any player from
that team who then must leave the field of play and be replaced by
a suitably trained front row player from the team?s replacements.
The captain may do this immediately prior to the next scrum or
after another player has been tried in the front row.
(c) When a period of temporary suspension ends and a front row
player returns to the field of play, the replacement front row player
leaves the field of play and the nominated player who left the field
of play for the period of the suspension may resume playing in the
match.
(d) Furthermore, if, because of sending off or injury, a team cannot
provide enough suitably trained front row players, the match
continues with uncontested scrums.
(e) An uncontested scrum is the same as a normal scrum, except that
the teams do not compete for the ball, the team throwing in the
ball must win it, and neither team is allowed to push.
Law 4 Players Clothing
DEFINITIONS
Players' clothing is anything players wear.
A player wears a jersey, shorts and underwear, socks and boots.
Detailed information relating to the permitted specifications for
clothing and studs maybe found in IRB Specifications
(Regulation 12).
4.1 ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF CLOTHING
(a) A player may wear supports made of elasticated or compressible
materials which must be washable.
(b) A player may wear shin guards which conform with IRB Specifications (Regulation 12).
(c) A player may wear ankle supports worn under socks, not extending
higher than one third of the length of the shin and, if rigid, from
material other than metal.
(d) A player may wear mitts (fingerless gloves) which must conform to IRB Specifications (Regulation 12).
(e) A player may wear shoulder pads which must bear the IRB Approval Mark (Regulation 12).
(f) A player may wear a mouth guard or dental protector.
(g) A player may wear headgear which must bear the IRB Approval Mark (Regulation 12).
(h) A player may wear bandages and/or dressings to cover or protect any injury.
(i) A player may wear thin tape or other similar material as support and/or to prevent injury.
4.2 SPECIAL ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR WOMEN
Besides the previous items, women may wear chest pads which
must bear the IRB Approval Mark (Regulation 12).
4.3 STUDS
(a) Studs of players? boots must conform with the IRB Specifications
(Regulation 12).
(b) Moulded rubber multi-studded soles are acceptable provided they
have no sharp edges or ridges.
4.4 BANNED ITEMS OF CLOTHING
(a) A player must not wear any item that is contaminated by blood.
(b) A player must not wear any item that is sharp or abrasive.
(c) A player must not wear any items containing buckles, clips, rings,
hinges, zippers, screws, bolts or rigid material or projection not
otherwise permitted under this Law.
(d) A player must not wear jewellery such as rings or earrings.
(e) A player must not wear gloves.
(f) A player must not wear shorts with padding sewn into them.
(g) A player must not wear any other item which does not conform
with the IRBSpecifications for such clothing (Regulation 12).
(h) A player must not wear any item that is normally permitted by
Law, but, in the referee?s opinion that is liable to cause injury to a player.
(i) A player must not wear a single stud at the toe of the boot.
(j) A player must not wear communication devices within that
player?s clothing or attached to the body.
(k) A player must not wear any additional item of clothing that does
not conform to IRB Regulation 12.
4.5 INSPECTION OF PLAYERS' CLOTHING
(a) The referee or the touch judges appointed by or under the
authority of the match organiser must inspect the players? clothing
and studs for conformity to this Law.
(b) The referee has power to decide at any time, before or during the
match, that part of a player?s clothing is dangerous or illegal. If the
referee decides that clothing is dangerous or illegal the referee
must order the player to remove it. The player must not take part
in the match until the items of clothing are removed.
(c) If, at an inspection before the match, the referee or a touch judge
tells a player that an item banned under this Law is being worn,
and the player is subsequently found to be wearing that item on
the playing area, that player is sent off for misconduct.
Penalty: A penalty kick is awarded at the place where play is
restarted.
4.6 WEARING OTHER CLOTHING
The referee must not allow any player to leave the playing area to
change items of clothing, unless these are bloodstained.
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