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Foul Play:

• The Video Referee's power to intervene on foul play replicates those of the sideline official.

• The Video Referee may advise the Referee of an incident of foul play of which he was previously unaware. As a result of that advice the Referee may take any necessary action except to the extent that play has extended beyond the 1st play the ball of the next set, or in the event of a scrum having been formed and decided. In this case the Referee may still put the incident on report.

NOTE: A shoulder charge that comes into contact with the head of the ball carrier is now classified as a high tackle.

Grounding The Ball:

• Ball Stationery - Downward pressure and control.

• Ball rolling - Ball rotation changes and control.

• The front of the torso may bring the ball to ground.

Double Movement:

• The attacking player must not promote the football from the position the ball or the arm carrying the ball has been grounded, in the process of scoring a try.

• If momentum carries a player in possession into the in-goal area, it will not be a double movement if the ball would have finished over the goal line regardless of any subsequent movement of the ball or the arm carrying the ball.

Obstruction:

• There is to be no advantage to the attacking team.

• Defensive decisions committing defenders to decoy runners will not be considered obstruction.

• It is the responsibility of the decoy runner/s not to interfere with the defending team.

• Attacking players who loiter next to the play the ball can be interpreted as obstructing the defending team.

• In the process of scoring a try an attacking player dives through or into the legs of the player who has played the ball a penalty will be awarded to the defending team. This action will be interpreted as obstruction.

• A defending player shielding a catcher from attacking chasers must position himself early. It will be interpreted as obstruction if the defender:
  1. Arrives at the same time as the attacking chasers and deliberately obstructs the catching of the high ball.
  2. Deliberately runs the attacking chasers off the football.

When adjudicating Obstruction decisions the Video Referee will consider the following:

1. Did the decoy runner/s interfere or defender commits?
2. Did ball carrier run behind decoy and gain an advantage?
3. Did the decoy runner interfere with the defence structure?

Benefit of the Doubt:

• The Benefit of the Doubt rule will apply to the attacking team.