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After a great weekend of rugby, Texas Rugby Referee RATO group\u00a0decided to start a weekly (or often) post that will cover interpretations of laws from TRRA examples. We will use the TRU Facebook Page<\/a> as a way to discuss and unify our refereeing in Texas. This week we wanted to cover “Not Releasing”.<\/p>\n

Example: Red player was brought to ground, but was not held by the Blue Player. Red player did not release the ball and continued play. Referee penalized Red player for Not Releasing.<\/p>\n

What would you have done in this situation? Allowed play or penalized?<\/p>\n

ANSWER<\/strong><\/p>\n

The key language in the description is that the Red player was “not held” by the tackler. Since they were not held, they do not have to release the ball and may get up and continue play. \u00a0As referees our goal is to have\u00a0continuous\u00a0play, with promotion towards quick ball. We should work hard to quickly determine if a player has been held and\/or tackled.\u00a0\u00a0The definition of\u00a0Law 15<\/a>\u00a0makes this clear: “A tackle occurs when the ball carrier is held by one or more opponents and is\u00a0brought to ground.\u00a0A ball carrier who is\u00a0not held is not a tackled player and a tackle has not taken place<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a great weekend of rugby, Texas Rugby Referee RATO group\u00a0decided to start a weekly (or often) post that will cover interpretations of laws from TRRA examples. We will use the TRU Facebook Page as a way to discuss and unify our refereeing in Texas. This week we wanted to cover “Not Releasing”. Example: Red … <\/p>\n

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