{"id":6807,"date":"2016-01-03T02:28:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T02:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/texasrugbyref.com\/?p=6807"},"modified":"2016-01-03T02:28:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T02:28:58","slug":"world-rugby-clarification-8-of-2015-law-reference-3-sevens-variations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texasrugbyref.com\/2016\/01\/03\/world-rugby-clarification-8-of-2015-law-reference-3-sevens-variations\/","title":{"rendered":"World Rugby Clarification 8 of 2015 &#8211; Law Reference 3 \u2013 Sevens Variations"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Clarification in Law by the Designated Members of Rugby Committee<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Clarification 8 \u2013 2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union Paddy O\u2019Brien \u2013 HP Sevens Referee Manager <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Law Reference 3 \u2013 Sevens Variations<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date December 8, 2015<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Request:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paddy O\u2019Brien has requested clarification on the minimum number of players needed to start a sevens match.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Clarification of the Designated Members of the Rugby Committee<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The designated members have agreed that in exceptional circumstances a Union may authorise matches to be played with fewer than seven players in each team. When that happens, all the Laws of the Game apply except that each team must have a minimum of five players on the pitch (at least three players in the scrum at all times and a minimum of two backs).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarification in Law by the Designated Members of Rugby Committee Clarification 8 \u2013 2015 Union Paddy O\u2019Brien \u2013 HP Sevens Referee Manager Law Reference 3 \u2013 Sevens Variations Date December 8, 2015 Request:\u00a0Paddy O\u2019Brien has requested clarification on the minimum number of players needed to start a sevens match. 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