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2026-11 Law change - Hip drop tackles
Hip drop tackles – Law change in effect from 1 November 2026 Concern has been raised about rare actions in our game that are known as ‘hip drop tackles.’ They often lead to significant injurie ... p-drop tackle: When a ball carrier… - is grasped and tackled from the side or behind,and; - the tackle ... d play; or a hip drop tackle. *viewer discretion advised Further work will be done ahead of 1 Novembe
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t A ball caught without first touching anyone else or the ground. Drop-kick After being intentionall ... d of starting each half of a match and at the beginning of each period of extra-time with a drop-kick. Knoc ... g play with a drop-kick at a 22m drop-out, a Try Line drop-out, or after a score. A penalty kick or fre ... e been passed/played back into the half and cannot be gained from a restart kick. (see law 18.8
Laws app - what's new
w Application Guideline concerning knee-drop tackles Wordings for Hip drop tackle law change (effectiv ... T designation removed from laws content) Minor changes to law wordings throughout - see news here La ... d replacements (all languages) Clarification relating to deliberate actions at a kick-off June 202 ... e for downloading the app for first time, and for content updates for existing users Januar
9 Foul play
r that an opponent has committed an infringement. Sanction: Penalty. d. Waste time. Sanction: Free-kic ... n: Penalty. 9.18 A player must not lift an opponent off the ground and drop or drive that player s ... n: Penalty. e. A player must not drop their weight onto an opponent or target the lower limb ... g wedge’. Sanction: Penalty. 9.23 A player must not attempt to kick the ball from the hand