1938-39

RUGBY,
N
OTE.
—Any delay caused by a player with the ball
waiting for any of his team to join the scrummage must
be treated as wilful waste of time.
(g) The player putting in the ball shall stand not less than
3 ft. from the scrummage and with both hands below the
knee shall put the ball fairly in at moderate speed so that
it first touches the ground beyond one foot of the nearest
player of each front row.
(h) The ball is fairly in when it has been put in along a line
midway between and parallel to the lines of feet of the
players forming each front row of the scrummage and
has touched the ground.
(i) The ball is not fairly in if it enters and comes out at
either side between the lines of feet of the players forming
each front row or between the feet of either of the outside
players of each front row on the side on which the ball
has been put in.
(j) It is illegal for any player in either front row of the.
scrummage to
raise or advance
his foot until the ball
is fairly in.
(k)
It
is illegal for any player to prevent the ball from
getting fairly into the scrummage.
In any scrummage:
(i) It is illegal for any player to return the ball into the
scrummage by hand or foot after it has come out.
(2)
It is illegal for any player to handle the ball, pick it up by
hands or legs, or intentionally fall or kneel while the ball
is in the scrummage, except as provided for in Law
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(b).
(3) It is illegal for any player lying on the ground to interfere
with the ball in any way.
Penalty.
—In
the event of the infringement of any one
of
(e), (f),
(g), (j),
(k),
(I), (2),
or (3), a penalty kick shall
be awarded at that place.
LAW
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Tackle.
(a)
After a tackle the ball must be brought into play with
a
foot.
(b)
When a player is tackled but not brought to the ground,
he must immediately release the ball so that it falls to
the ground between himself and his opponents' goal line.
(c) The tackled player, if lying on the ground, must
immediately release the ball, roll away from it, and get
up before playing it with his foot.
(d) No player shall prevent a tackled player from releasing
the ball or getting up after he has released it.
(e)
No player shall pick up the ball, after a tackled player has
released it, or when it is on the ground after a player has
been tackled, until it has been played with a foot.
(f) No
player lying on the ground after a tackle shall interfere
with the ball in any way until it has been played with the
foot of a player
who is
not lying
on the
ground.