# Law 10: Offside and Onside in Open Play

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When a player is offside in open play, the 10-metre law, how players are put onside, and retiring from set pieces and the breakdown.

## 10.101 Offside in Open Play

Who is offside, interfering, accidental offside and the 10-metre law.

### Тест 1: Offside in open play

- A player is offside in open play when in front of a team-mate carrying the ball or who last played it. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.1)
- When the last action is a kick, the kicking foot determines the offside line. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.1)
- A player can be offside anywhere in the playing area. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.2)
- A player who receives an unintentional throw forward is not offside. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.3)
- Interfering includes playing the ball, tackling, preventing the opposition playing, and loitering. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.1d)
- Accidental offside: play stops only if the offending team gains an advantage. Sanction: scrum. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.5)
- The 10-metre law does not apply when the kick is charged down or touched in an attempted charge down. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.4c)
- Under the 10-metre law the player must retire behind an onside team-mate or the imaginary line 10 m from the catch. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.4c)
- The player must retire at once; an onside team-mate running past puts them onside. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.4c, 10.7a)
- The player closest to where the ball lands or is caught is penalised; team B picks penalty or scrum. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.4c)

## 10.102 Put Onside

How offside players are put onside by their own action, by team-mates and by opponents.

### Тест 1: Put onside

- An offside player is put onside by moving behind the team-mate who last played the ball, or behind an onside team-mate. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.6a)
- An onside team-mate moving past, while within or back in the playing area, puts the player onside. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.7a)
- An opponent who kicks or intentionally touches the ball without gaining it puts offside players onside. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.7b)
- The ball going into touch puts the player onside, providing they complied with the law until then. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.7c)
- A player offside under 10.4c cannot be put onside by any action of an opponent, apart from a charge down. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.8)
- Getting behind any onside team-mate works too. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.6b)
- An onside team-mate running ahead puts the player onside (subject to the 10-metre law). (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.7a)
- An opponent kicking the ball puts offside players onside (except those under the 10-metre law). (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.7b)
- Number 9 is onside, so being passed by him is enough. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.7a)
- Only if the player was complying with the law until then. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.7c)

## 10.103 Retiring from Ruck, Maul, Scrum and Lineout

Staying offside after a set piece or breakdown ends, and how to get back onside.

### Тест 1: Retiring from ruck, maul, scrum and lineout

- A player offside at a ruck, maul, scrum or lineout remains offside after it has ended. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.9)
- An opposition player carrying the ball five metres in any direction puts the player onside. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.10b)
- An opposition player kicking the ball also puts the player onside. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.10c)
- The player can immediately retire behind the applicable offside line. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.10a)
- An offside player who moves towards the ball may be penalised. Sanction: penalty. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.11c)
- Failing to retire without undue delay and benefiting from being put onside is penalised. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.11a)
- It applies to players offside at a ruck, maul, scrum or lineout. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.9)
- The player stays offside after the ruck ends until retiring or until an opponent carries 5 m or kicks. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.9-10)
- A 5 m carry by an opponent puts the player onside. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.10b)
- 5 m, 10 m and 22 m. (Источник: World Rugby Laws 2026, Law 10.4c, 10.10b; Law 1)

Источники: World Rugby Laws of the Game, Rugby Union 2026, Law 10 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the law book, not reproduced)

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