Southern California Rugby Referees Society

(a) When an attacking player sends or carries the ball into the opponents’ in-goal and it becomes dead there, either because a defender grounded it or because it went into touchin-goal or on or over the dead ball line, a drop-out is awarded.

(b) If an attacking player knocks-on or throws-forward in the field of play and the ball goes into the opponents’ in-goal and it is made dead there, a scrum is awarded where the knock-on or throw forward happened.

(c) If at a kick-off the ball is kicked into the opponents’ in-goal without having touched or been touched by a player and a defending player grounds it there or makes it dead without delay, the defending team have two choices:

To have a scrum formed at the centre, and they throw in the ball;
or
To have the other team kick off again.

(d) If a defending player threw or took the ball into the in-goal, and a defending player grounded it, and there has been no infringement, play is restarted by a 5-metre scrum. The position of the scrum is in line with where the ball has been touched down. The attacking side throws in the ball.

Related posts:

1. 13.15 Drop-Out Goes Into the Opponents In-Goal
2. 13.9 Ball Goes Into the In-Goal
3. 22.4 (g) Player in touch or touch-in-goal
4. Law 22: In-Goal Definitions
5. 13.10 Drop-Out – Definitions