18.5 How the Kick is Taken
The provisions of Law 21 – Free Kicks – apply to a kick awarded after a mark.
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18.6 Scrum Alternative
Posted by IRB Laws on July 14th, 2009(a) The team of the player who made the mark may choose to take a scrum.
(b) Where the scrum is. If the mark is in the field of play, the scrum is at the place of the mark, but at least 5 metres from the touchline. If the mark is in-goal, the scrum is 5 metres from the goal line on a line through the mark, and at least 5 metres from the touchline.
18.7 Penalty Kick Awarded
Posted by IRB Laws on July 14th, 2009(a) An opponent, whether onside or offside, must not charge a player who has made a mark after the referee has blown the whistle.
Penalty: Penalty Kick
Law 19: Touch and Lineout – Definitions
Posted by IRB Laws on July 14th, 2009‘Kicked directly into touch’ means that the ball was kicked into touch without
landing on the playing area, and without touching a player or the referee.
19.1 Throw-In
Posted by IRB Laws on July 14th, 2009NO GAIN IN GROUND
(a) Outside a team’s 22, a team member kicks directly into touch. Except for a penalty kick, when a player anywhere in the field of play who is outside the 22 kicks directly into touch, there is no gain in ground. The throw-in is taken either at the place opposite where the player kicked the ball, or at the place where it went into touch, whichever is nearer that player’s goal line.
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