UNDER 14s JUNIOR RUGBY

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2009/10 Season NEWS

07.03.10 - Wasps 0 V Grasshoppers 40

We arrived early in Acton on a bright and frosty morning to find that the pitch was considered too hard to play on and had to wait for the pitch to thaw. read more

24.01.10 - Grasshoppers 17 v Harrow 24

Grasshoppers started brightly in the winter sunshine. Harrow's kick off was caught cleanly, and passed out to Yun Shun who evaded the Harrow midfield to run and score from his own half. Aiden scored the conversion to put us 7 nil up inside 3 minutes. read more

27.09.09 - Weybridge Vandals  12 - Grasshoppers U14 35

Our season got really got started on Sunday morning at Walton on Thames.

Weybridge took the kick off and chased the loose ball deep into our half. Grasshoppers forwards calmly tidied up the ball and presented the ball cleanly to Yun Shun who made a short dart up the blind side and sucked in the Weybridge winger.  read more

UNDER 14s LAWS

• Rolling Substitutions - Law 3
  A player who has been substituted may replace any player, whether or not that player has been injured.
  Players may be exchanged at any time during the match, when the ball is dead, and with the knowledge of the referee.
• Temporary Suspension Sin bin Protocol – Law 10
  As per the adult game the player will remain in the Sin Bin for ten minutes actual playing time. The player will stand out of the field of play, in the vicinity of the half way line, at a place readily identifiable to the referee. The player must be under the control of the teachers and coaches. The player should not be isolated and should be given warm clothing to wear whilst serving the temporary suspension.
• Squeeze Ball - Law 14 and 15
  No player involved in a match at any age level from under 18 downwards shall use in training or in a match the technique known or referred to as Squeeze ball.
  Note: ''Squeeze ball'' is a technique where the ball carrier goes to ground, head forward (touching or close to the ground), irrespective of immediate contact with opponents) usually keeping parallel to the touchline, holding and protecting the ball close to the chest and, when on the ground, pushes the ball back between the legs.
  Penalty: Penalty Kick
• Time – Law 5
  Playing time not to exceed 25 minutes each way with a size 4 ball. After 50 minutes of playing time, the referee must not allow extra time to be played in the case of a drawn match on any occasion.
  15-a-side Festivals should follow the following pattern:
  Not exceeding 4 matches of 10 minutes each way = 80 minutes
• Line-out - Law 19
  Lifting / supporting is prohibited in these age groups, i.e. a player may not bind to a jumper until that player has returned to the ground. Penalty: Penalty Kick.
• Scrum - Law 20
  The scrum-half not throwing the ball into the scrum must not move beyond the middle line of the scrum until the ball has emerged from the scrum or an opponent has placed his hands on the ball. In the event of a strike against the head, the scrum-half who has thrown the ball into the scrum is similarly restricted in not following the ball.