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Experimental Law changes for next seasonExperimental Law Variations Summary
Law 6 - Match Officials
1 Assistant referees are able to assist the referee in any way that the referee requires.
Law 17 - Maul
2 Remove reference to head and shoulders not being lower than hips.
3 Players are able to defend a maul by pulling it down.
Law 19 - Touch and Lineout
4 If a team puts the ball back into its own 22 and the ball is subsequently kicked directly into touch,
there is no gain in ground.
5 A quick throw in may be thrown in straight or towards the throwing team’s own goal line.
6 There is no restriction on the number of players from either team who can participate in the lineout.
7 The receiver at the lineout must be 2 metres away from the lineout.
8 The player who is in opposition to the player throwing in the ball must stand in the area between
the 5-metre line and the touch line but must be 2 metres away from the 5-metre line.
9 Lineout players may pre-grip a jumper before the ball is thrown in.
10 The lifting of lineout players is permitted.
Law 20 - Scrum
11 Introduction of an offside line 5 metres behind the hindmost feet of the scrum.
12 Identification of scrum half offside lines.
Law 22 – Corner Posts
13 The corner posts are no longer considered to be touch-in-goal except when the ball is grounded
against the post.
• the Laws of the Game, unless specifically amended by the ELVs, remain unaltered
• the ELVs also apply to the Sevens and Under 19 Variations
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Sbrooks
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ELVs cont'd...Law 112: All Blacks are allowed to score several tries with forward passes in, to distort scorelines that would have been honourable defeats otherwise.
Law 113: When France kick ahead in open play the ball must bounce up (or even backwards if appropriate) into the arms of an advancing French winger or a penalty try shall be awarded.
Law 114: No-one shall ever truly beat Australia, even by the old fashioned 'points actually scored during the match' method.
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ian mounter
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And Law One states the ref is always right and in the odd totally unbelievable situation where the ref may get it slightly wrong Law Two applies which says that in such a situation Law One applies.
Seriously however do these laws apply from next season which should be interesting!
I assume the old laws apply to the overseas tours this summer?
Ian
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