offside in open play

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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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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