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LAW
17 - MAUL
17.5
Amend Law 17 (5) to read:
A
maul ends successfully when the ball or a player with the ball
leaves the maul. A maul ends successfully when the ball is on
the ground, or is on or over the goal-line.
Amend
to read:
Law
17. 6 Unsuccessful End to a Maul.
(a)
A maul ends unsuccessfully if it remains stationary or has stopped
moving forward for longer than 5 seconds and a scrum is ordered.
(b)
A maul ends unsuccessfully if the ball becomes unplayable or collapses
(not as a result of foul play) and a scrum is ordered.
(c)
Scrum following maul. The ball is thrown in by the team not in
possession when the maul began. If the referee cannot decide which
team had possession, the team moving forward before the maul stopped
throws in the ball. If neither team was moving forward, the attacking
team throws in the ball.
(d)
When a maul remains stationary or has stopped moving forward for
more than 5 seconds, but the ball is being moved and the referee
can see it, a reasonable time is allowed for the ball to emerge.
If it does not emerge within a reasonable time, a scrum is ordered.
(e)
When a maul has stopped moving forward it may start moving forward
again providing it does so within 5 seconds. If the maul stops
moving forward a second time and if the ball is being moved and
the referee can see it, a reasonable time is allowed for the ball
to emerge. If it does not emerge within a reasonable time, a scrum
is ordered.
(f)
When the ball in a maul becomes unplayable, the referee does not
allow prolonged wrestling for it. A scrum is ordered.
(g)
If the ball-carrier in a maul goes to ground, including being
on one or both knees or sitting, the referee orders a scrum unless
the ball is immediately available.
(h)
Scrum after a maul when catcher is held. If a player catches the
ball direct from an opponent's kick, except from a kick-off or
a drop-out, and the player is immediately held by an opponent,
a maul may form. Then if the maul remains stationary, stops moving
forward for longer than 5 seconds, or if the ball becomes unplayable,
and a scrum is ordered, the team of the ball catcher throws in
the ball.
'Direct
from an opponent's kick' means the ball did not touch another
player or the ground before the player caught it.
If
a maul moves into the player's in-goal, where the ball is touched
down or becomes unplayable, a 5-metre scrum is formed. The attacking
team throws in the ball.
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