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544 RUGBY
Infringement.
3—Ball wilfully knocked or
thrown from field of
play into Touch,
Touch - in - goal, or
over his own dead ball
line
Penalty.
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Penalty kick awarded to
opposing team at the
place where such knock
or throw occurred.
NOTE.—r—A knock-on can only be made by the hand or arm.
If
from the head, or
any other part
of
the body above the knee, it is a rebound. A rebound
is not a knock-on, therefore no fair-catch may bemade therefrom, nor
any penalty given.
2
—If a player knocks the ball with his knee or any part below it, it is a
kick, and a fair-catch may be made from it.
3
—If
a player knocks-on and the ball goes to an opponent whq makes
off
with it and gains an advantage, the whistle should not be blown for
the knock-on.
4—A Referee must allow a fair-catch, even though he may have blown his
whistle for a knock-on (ioa).
g—A crooked throw-in from touch is not a throw forward.
6—No latitude should be allowed in a knock-on or throw forward.
In Scrummage (Law 15)
Infringement.
F
ORMATION:
Three players shall form either
front row of the scrummage
before the ball has been put in.
The players of each front row
shall bind together firmly and
continuously while the ball is in
the scrummage. The middle
player shall so bind with both
arms over and around the backs
and below the shoulders of the
players on either side of him, and
outside players shall bind the
middle player in like manner. .
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N
S
CRUMMAGE:
If a player:
i—Does not immediately put the
ball in
2
—Does not put the ball in fairly
3— Vilfully prevents the ball
being put in fairly
Penalty.
Penalty kick at place
of infringement.