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Welcome to the U10's WRU Pathway Laws page. Please note that Pathway Laws do change so please check back regularly.

For scrum ready and introduction to the tackle resource click HERE.

COACH'S ROLE:

• Help children cope with the demands of the tackle area
• Effective contest for ball after tackle including support for ball carrier and tackler

AIMS RATIONALE:

Introduce the contest for possession after the tackle Introduce decision-making at the "breakdown".

GENERAL:

Age: Under 10 as on the first of September at the start of the season

Team Size: 

• 10 a side with unlimited substitutions
• Five forwards and five backs
• The WRU requires that both teams shall field the same number of players throughout the game

Periods of Play: 15 mins each way, maximum 30 minutes of play. No extra time

Playing Area: Half pitch

Ball Size: Size three

Coach Qualification: WRU Coaching Early Contact (Click HERE to book on to a course)

REFEREE QUALIFICATION: WRU Coaching Early Contact (click HERE to book on to a course)

EARLY CONTACT RUGBY LAWS:

IRB under 19 Laws apply apart from:

• For all free passes and free kicks a player must place the ball on the floor and tap it forward with the foot. If a free pass is taken incorrectly it must be taken again

• Defenders must retreat 5m when a free pass is awarded

• Defenders can only advance when the ball has been passed or the attacking player chooses to run

• Waist high tackle or lower (the waist is the line of the shorts) there can be more than 1 tackler

• 1st player to the breakdown can pick and go before the ruck has formed

• After the tackle one player from each team can contest for the ball, this can be any player involved in the tackle or another arriving player

• Acting scrum half must pass the ball after a ruck has been formed you cannot tackle this player

• The off side line are 1m back from the rear most part of the body at the tackle area
• Defenders are not permitted to rip the ball from the ball carrier

• No mauling allowed, if a maul is formed a free pass is given to the non offending team

• Rolling replacements

• Players must leave and enter the field of play at the halfway touchline

• If a player is sent off then that player will be replaced by an appropriate substitute. If there is no substitute available then that team will be disadvantaged. The non-offending team does not lose a player

• At a free pass restart any first receivers can start their run a maximum of 2 metres from the player performing the free pass. Any greater disctance and the "Calvary Charge" will be called resulting in a penalty at the place of infringement to the non offending team

• A player may only play up one year

• Rolling substitutions is permitted

NB: 
At all levels the "Cavalry Charge" is not allowed

Definition of a Cavalry Charge: When the attacking team is awarded a penalty kick or free kick either a single player stands some distance behind the kicker or attacking players form a line across the field some distance from the kicker. At a signal from the kicker they charge forward. When they get near the kicker tap kicks the ball and passes to a player who had started some distance behind the kicker. 
Sanction: 
Penalty at the place of infringement