NMSRFR
North Midlands Society of Rugby Football Referees: Est. 1920
Category: Law Questions
Specific questions (and answers) relating to the current laws
Law Question: Attacking maul after line out
Question: Line out won by attacking team and defending team engage therefore making a maul. Maul travels through the line of touch. If the maul is moving forward, at what point does the ball need to be at the hind most player? Society Response:… Continue Reading “Law Question: Attacking maul after line out”
Law Question: Empathy when dealing with off the ball incidents
Question: Do you referee to the law or use empathy? This actually happened. During the first 10 minutes of a local derby at level 8 league standard, you are alerted to an incident behind you. As you turn you clearly see the green captain… Continue Reading “Law Question: Empathy when dealing with off the ball incidents”
Law Question: Defending team cross dead ball line attempting to run the ball out of in-goal (kicked in by attacker)
Question: Attacking team kick a grubber into the defending teams in-goal area from just outside the 22. Defending team gather the ball and choose not to ground it but choose to run it from in-goal. In the process of running in a large loop… Continue Reading “Law Question: Defending team cross dead ball line attempting to run the ball out of in-goal (kicked in by attacker)”
Law Question: Missed Penalty Kick, kicked in goal by defender, caught and made dead by a second defender.
Question: It’s the last play of the game. Red are kicking for posts. The ball drifts just wide and a Green player, in the in-goal area, stops it with his foot (making him the ‘kicker’). It bounces up into the arms of another Green… Continue Reading “Law Question: Missed Penalty Kick, kicked in goal by defender, caught and made dead by a second defender.”
Law Question: Maul taken to ground (by team in possession)
Question: A maul has formed, you call maul. The team not in possession clearly want to hold the ball up, but the team in possession get the ball clearly to ground. Under law 16.16.b, the maul is over. How do you now proceed? Society… Continue Reading “Law Question: Maul taken to ground (by team in possession)”