Social Tri Tag Rugby

• Drop Kick from centre of field.
• Try Scoring team drop kicks the ball to restart the game.
• Non-try scoring team must receive ball

• Player can only be tagged using the side tags.
• Teams have 7 tags (phases) to score a try. Only the detachment of one or both of the side tags halts a player’s progress who is in possession of the ball.
• Once the player has had one or both side tags detached, they place the ball on the ground behind them.

In order for play to continue

• A player from the attacking team needs to remove the back tag from their teammates belt that placed the ball on the ground, and hold the tag in the air.
• They then guard the ruck by taking step forward, re-attaching the tag and standing next to the player that was tagged
• The person at removes the back tag, otherwise known as cleaning, out the ruck” cannot pick up the ball
• This needs to be performed by another member of the attacking team.

• Two players from the defending team need to stand side by side in front of the person that had their tag/s detached. They become the pillars.
• The pillars can be no more than 1m apart and 1m from the tagged player.
• Once this occurs it constitutes a ruck.

• Once a ruck has formed, the defending team must be at least 3m back from the last feet if the pillars.

If a knock on occurs, the following can happen:

• The team that has been awards possession can restart with a 3 v3 non contested scrum
• The team that has been awarded possession can restart play with a tap, but this cannot be taken quickly.
• Defensive line must be 3m back from the scrum or tap

If the ball travels into touch the following can occur:

• The team awarded possession can have a non-contested lineout (max 3 player minimum 1 plus thrower with the defence matching numbers
• The team that has been awarded possession can restart play with a tap where the ball went out, but this cannot be taken quickly.
• Defensive line must be 5m back from the lineout or 3m for the tap

• If a penalty occurs for anything the referee judges to be foul play, the team awarded the penalty can only tap the ball, they cannot kick for touch.
• The tap maybe taken quickly if the team that is awarded the penalty is ready to play

• You can kick in general play as high and as long as you want.
• However, if the ball goes above head height, the referee will call “defenders’ ball so they have an opportunity to catch up under no pressure.
• This eliminates aerial contests.

• Anything that is deemed foul play or not in the spirit of the game. This will result in a penalty.
• Anything deemed serious, will see the player removed from the field and may result in further actions.

• Unlimited movements or substitutions throughout the game. These can only occur during a stop in play.