- Playing Charter
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Laws by section
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Laws by number
- Law 1: The Ground
- Law 2: The Ball
- Law 3: Number of Players - The Team
- Law 4: Players' Clothing
- Law 5: Time
- Law 6: Match Officials
- Law 7: Mode of Play
- Law 8: Advantage
- Law 9: Method of Scoring
- Law 10: Foul Play
- Law 11: Offside and Onside in General Play
- Law 12: Knock on or Throw forward
- Law 13: Kick off and Restart Kicks
- Law 14: Ball on the Ground - No Tackle
- Law 15: Tackle: Ball Carrier Brought to Ground
- Law 16: Ruck
- Law 17: Maul
- Law 18: Mark
- Law 19: Touch and Lineout
- Law 20: Scrum
- Law 21: Penalty and Free Kicks
- Law 22: In-Goal
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Variations
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Modified forms
- Referee Signals
- Law application guidelines
- Clarifications in Law
- Downloads
Welcome to the IRB Laws of Rugby Union web site. On this site, you can read the Laws, watch video examples and animations to build your understanding of how the Laws are applied on the field of play, and take a self-test exam to check your knowledge.
Also available from the IRB is the 2012 Law Book which can be downloaded from this site in Adobe PDF format.
Also available from the IRB is the 2012 Law Book which can be downloaded from this site in Adobe PDF format.
