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1. Replacements & Substitutions
1.1 Replacements are permitted in all matches in accordance with World Rugby Law 3.
1.2 A player participating in a match can be used as a replacement or substitute in another match being played at the same time. Injured players may be replaced by players from another pitch. It is also possible to replace the replaced or substituted player from another pitch or by a nominated replacement/substitute.
1.3 Players who were replacements or substitutes in an earlier match may participate in a later match on the same day.
2. Number of Replacements and Substitutes
The number of replacements and substitutes in all
Bristol & District Rugby Football Combination Cup Competition Finals
2.2 Not more than SEVEN (7) Squad of 22.
The number of interchanges in all matches (if applicable) will be as per current World Rugby regulations.
3. Front Row
Requirements
3.1 No player may play in the front row of the scrum during contested or uncontested scrummages in adult rugby until he has reached his eighteenth birthday. Any breach of this Game Regulation shall be considered a serious breach and may give rise to a severe penalty.
3.2 In the interest of safety each team should have five (5) in a nominated match squad of 20 or more, all at least eighteen years old, who are suitably trained and experienced to be capable of playing in any front row position to ensure that on the first & second occasion that a front row player is required to be permanently replaced (whether due to injury or a sending off), the team can continue to play safely with contested scrums.
*Cup Competition = 5 players; **5 Reps/Subs require first & second occasion.
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IN ALL CUP MATCHES, THE CURRENT WORLD RUGBY ‘MAN OFF’ RULE WILL
APPLY AND WILL OVERRULE THESE REGULATIONS WHEN APPLICABLE.
Uncontested Scrum(s)
(a) The Referee shall order uncontested scrum(s) when:
(i) a front row Player is required to be replaced and there is no suitably trained and experienced front row replacement who started the match or from the nominated replacements or
(ii) the Referee deems it unsafe for any other reason to start or continue the Match with contested scrums.
(b) If on any occasion uncontested scrum(s) are ordered by the Referee, in accordance with (a)(i) above, due to injury (including a temporary blood injury) or consequent to a Player being temporarily suspended or ordered off or for any other reason, the team concerned shall not be entitled to replace the Player whose departure caused the uncontested scrum. On the return to the field of a front row Player who has been temporarily excluded the Match shall continue with contested scrums provided it is safe to do so. (RFU Regulation 13 appendix 2. 2017)
If a Cup match is completed or contains uncontested scrum(s) and a Club has failed to comply with the requirement in paragraph 3.2 to replace a front row Player on the first and second occasion with another suitably trained and experienced front row Player, that Club shall forfeit the match which will be awarded to the other team.
The Organising Committee may review the circumstances in a case where a match is completed with uncontested scrums or is abandoned at any time during the match.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CLUB IS FULLY AWARE OF THESE PROVISIONS
Ian Reed
Hon Cup Sec
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All matches played under the jurisdiction of the RFU and/or in RFU
Competitions or any other competition or merit table must be played in
accordance with the World Rugby Laws (including any variations or trials
that may be adopted by the RFU), World Rugby Regulations, the RFU Rules,
the RFU Regulations and any competition specific Regulations applicable
to a competition including, without limitation, the Premiership Regulations,
Championship Regulations, Anglo-Welsh Cup Regulations and British &
Irish Cup Regulations (as applicable).
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CLUB IS FULLY AWARE OF THESE PROVISIONS
Ian Reed
Hon Cup Sec