2009 IRB Law Rulings Summary
There have been eight Rulings so far this year. There was also a decision made regarding the Experimental Law Variations that went into effect on August 1, 2008. All were accepted as full Law, with the exceptions of:
Month: November 2009
Ruling 2: 2009 REVISED
Date: October 16, 2009 Ruling: Revised 2: 2009 Revised Ruling The Designated Members and Rugby Committee have reviewed Ruling 2 2009 and have revised it on the basis that a player touching a touch line is out of play and it should be the same in in-goal. Law 22 – In goal. Simultaneous grounding the …
Ruling 9: 2009
Date: November 11, 2009 Ruling: 9 : 2009 Request from the IRFU The IRFU request a Ruling related to the lineout. Do the provisions of Law 19.8 (i) apply to Law 19.11 Exception 2. Ruling of the Designated Members The provisions of Law 19.8(i) do apply to Exception 2 in Law 19.11 which means that …
Ruling 8: 2009
Date: October 16, 2009 Ruling: 8 : 2009 Request for a Ruling from the SRU At a lineout team A is throwing in and wins the ball. As the jumper returns to the ground and his supporting players bind onto him in accordance with Law. The ball is passed to the back man of the …
Womens DII National Championships – Houston
Ten Teams Ready for Women’s DII Club Playoffs (Maryland in yellow, Raleigh in red during the Mid-Atlantic playoffs. Both travel to Houston this weekend) By Jackie Finlan, RugbyMag.com The Women’s DII National Club Championship takes place this weekend, but unlike years previous, won’t be played alongside its DI compatriots. DI and the newly formed Women’s …
USA Preseason HS All Americans
For Immediate Release November 3, 2009 USA Rugby Names its Pre-Season High School All-Americans BOULDER, Colo. – Following a development camp held at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colo., this summer, USA Rugby coaches have named their selections for the High School All-American Team and its Honorable Mentions. 2009 marked the creation of USA Rugby’s High …
USA Womens National Championships
USA Rugby Women’s National Championships Kick Off Friday on Treasure Island SAN FRANCISCO – In conjunction with the San Francisco Fog Rugby Football Club, USA Rugby will host the Women’s Premier League and Women’s Division I Club National Championships on Friday, Nov. 6 and Sunday, Nov. 8, on Treasure Island in San Francisco. The four …
RSL Loses Second Team
RugbyMag.com The Santa Monica Dolphins Rugby Club (SMRC) has decided to decline participation in the United States Rugby Super League (RSL) for the upcoming 2010 season. In the wake of Belmont Shore’s decision to drop out of the RSL and league management’s subsequent decision to neither invite a replacement team nor adjust the league schedule, …
Cancer Awareness / West Houston RFC
Our moustache team has a rugby problem. In my role as president of the West Houston RFC Katy Barbarians, I have signed up our team to participate in Movember and encourage all other TRU clubs to form your own Movember squad, join ours, or just donate funds to help fight prostate cancer. I know the …