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| 1. Penalty Kick |
| Shoulders parallel with touch-line. Arm
angled up, pointing towards non-offending team. |
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| 2. Free Kick |
| Shoulders parallel with touch-line. Arm
bent square at elbow, upper arm pointing towards non-offending
team. |
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| 3. Try and Penalty Try |
| Referee's back to dead-ball line. Arm raised
vertically. |
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| 4. Advantage |
| Arm outstretched, waist high, towards non-offending
team, for a period of approximately five seconds. |
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| 5. Scrum awarded |
| Shoulders parallel with touch-line. Arm
horizontal pointing towards team to throw in the ball. |
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| 6. Forming a scrum |
| Elbows bent, hands above head fingers touching. |
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| 7. Throw forward/forward pass |
| Hands gesture as if passing an imaginary
ball forward. |
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| 8. Knock-on |
| Arm out-stretched with open hand above
head, and moves backwards and forwards. |
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| 9. Not releasing ball immediately
in the tackle |
| Both hands are close to the chest, as if
holding an imaginary ball. |
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| 10. Tackler not releasing tackled
player |
| Arms brought together as if grasping a
player and then opening as if releasing a player. |
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| 11. Tackler or tackled player not
rolling away |
| A circular movement with the finger and
arm moving away from the body. |
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| 12. Entering tackle from wrong direction |
| Arm held horizontal then sweep of the arm
in a semi-circle. |
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| 13. Voluntarily falling over on a
player |
| Curved arm makes gesture to imitate action
of falling player. Signal is made in direction in which
offending player fell. |
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| 14. Diving to ground near tackle. |
| Straight arm gesture, pointing downwards
to imitate diving action. |
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| 15. Unplayable ball at
ruck or tackle |
| Award of scrum to team moving forward at
time of stoppage. Shoulders parallel with the touch line,
arm horizontal pointing towards the team to throw in the
ball, then pointing the arm and hand towards the other team's
goal line whilst moving it backwards and forwards. |
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| 16. Unplayable ball in maul |
| Arm out to award scrummage to side not
in possession at maul commencement. Other arm out as if
signalling advantage and then swing it across body with
hand ending on opposite shoulder. |
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| 17. Joining a ruck or a maul in front
of the back foot and on the side |
| The hand and arm are held horizontally
moving sideways. |
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| 18. Voluntarily collapsing ruck or
maul |
| Both arms at shoulder height as if bound
around opponent. Upper body is lowered and twisted as if
pulling down opponent who is on top. |
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| 19. Prop pulling down opponent |
| Clenched fist, and arm bent. Gesture imitates
pulling opponent down. |
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| 20. Prop pulling opponent on |
| Clenched fist, and arm straight, at shoulder
height. Gesture imitates pulling opponent on |
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| 21. Wheeling scrum more than 90 |
| Rotating index finger, above the head.
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| 22. Foot-up by front-row player. |
| Foot raised, foot touched. |
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| 23. Throw-in at scrum not straight |
| Hands at knee level imitating action of
throw-in not straight. |
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| 24. Failure to bind fully |
| One arm out-stretched as if binding. Other
hand moves up and down arm to indicate the extent of a full
bind. |
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| 25. Handling ball in ruck or scrum |
| Hand at ground level, making sweeping action,
as if handling the ball. |
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| 26. Throw-in at line-out not straight |
| Shoulders parallel with touch-line. Hand
above head indicates the path of the ball, not straight. |
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| 27. Closing gaps in line-out |
| Both hands at eye level, pointing up, palms
inward. Hands meet in squeezing action. |
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| 28. Barging in line-out |
| Arm horizontal, elbow pointing out. Arm
and shoulder move outwards as if barging opponent. |
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| 29. Leaning on player in line-out |
| Arm horizontal, bent at elbow, palm down.
Downward gesture. |
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| 30. Pushing opponent in line-out |
| Both hands at shoulder level, with palms
outward, making pushing gesture. |
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| 31. Early lifting and lifting in
line-out |
| Both fists clenched in front, at waist
level, making lifting gesture. |
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| 32. Off-side at line-out |
| Hand and arm move horizontally across chest,
towards offence. |
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| 33. Obstruction in general play |
| Arms crossed in front of chest at right
angles to each other, like open scissors. |
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| 34. Off-side at scrum, ruck or maul |
| Shoulders parallel with touch-line. Arm
hanging straight down, swings in arc along off-side line. |
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| 35. Off-side choice: penalty kick
or scrum |
| One arm as for penalty kick. Other arm
points to place where scrum may be taken instead of kick..
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| 36. Off-side under 10 metre Law or
not 10 at penalty and free kicks |
| Both hands held open above head. |
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| 37. High Tackle (foul
play) |
| Hand moves horizontally in front of neck.
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| 38. Stamping (foul
play: illegal use of boot) |
| Stamping action or similar gesture to indicate
the offence. |
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| 39. Punching (foul
play) |
| Clenched fist punches open palm. |
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| 40. Dissent (disputing referee's
decision) |
| Outstretched arm with hand opening and
closing to imitate talking. |
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| 41. Award of drop-out on 22m line |
| Arm points to centre of 22 metre line.
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| 42. Ball held up in in-goal |
| Space between hands indicates that ball
was not grounded. |
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| 43. Physio needed |
| One arm raised indicates physio is needed
for injured player. |
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| 44. Doctor needed |
| Both arms raised above head indicates a
doctor is needed for injured player. |
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| 45. Bleeding wound |
| Arms crossed above head indicates player
has bleeding injury and may be temporarily replaced. |
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| 46. Timekeeper to stop and start
watch |
| Arm held up in air and whistle blown when
watch should be stopped or started. |
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