offside in open play
is a player offfide if he is comimg back to his team from a previous ruck/maul and as he passes through the opponents backs happens to intercept a pass?
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ANSWERS
Simon JonesCoach, England
Niall
If you interfere with play from an offside position then you should be penalised. See below:
11.1 OFFSIDE IN GENERAL PLAY
(a) A player who is in an offside position is liable to sanction only if the player does one of three things:
- Interferes with play or,
- Moves forward, towards the ball or
- Fails to comply with the 10-Metre Law (Law 11.4).
A player who is in an offside position is not automatically penalised.
A player who receives an unintentional throw forward is not offside.
A player can be offside in the in-goal.
You can find all the up to date Laws of the game and videos to help understand them at IRBlaws.com
I hope that helps
Simon
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