Dangerous Play in Rucks & Mauls

Law 10.4 (i) Players must not charge into a ruck or maul without binding onto a
player in the ruck or maul.

Law 16.2 (b) A player joining a ruck must bind onto the ruck with at least one
arm around the body of a teammate, using the whole arm.

Law 17.4 ( c ) Players joining the Maul

Players joining a maul must do so from behind the foot of the hindmost
teammate in the maul. The player may join alongside this player. If the player
joins the maul from the opponents side or in front of the hindmost teammate the
player is offside.

In addition the Aide Memoire for the IRB Panel referees enacted at RWC 2007
stated:

• Zero tolerance to players who charge into rucks and mauls without
binding.

• Zero tolerance to players who clear out opponents not involved in ruck
and maul.