So what do the strange hand signals actually signify?

One of the world's best

refs gives a brilliant step by step guide

O que significam esses estranhos sinais? Um dos melhores rbitros do mundo

num brilhante guia passo a passo.

This is not soccer is the famous catchphrase of Nigel Owens, Wales top
rugby referee and widely respected as one of the finest officials on the planet.
Isso no futebol! a frase famosa de Nigel Owens, grande rbitro gals e
amplamente respeitado como um dos melhores do planeta
And football it most certainly is not. Many will be tuning into rugby for the
first time as the World Cup commences, but even seasoned rugby watchers
are sometimes mystified by the complex laws and the referees hand signals.
So who better to take you through exactly what those signals mean than
Nigel himself?
E com certeza isso no futebol. Muitos vo conhecer o rugby pela primeira vez
com o incio da Copa do Mundo na prxima sexta(?) e com a volta da modalidade para
as Olimpiadas do Rio, mas mesmo espectadores experientes de rugby as vezes ficam
confusos com as complexas regras e com os sinais de mo do rbitro.
Ento quem melhor para ensinar o que cada sinal significa que o prprio Nigel?

The signals in full

Os Sinais:
HOLDING ONTO THE BALL
Segurando a bola

When youre tackled, and go to ground, you must do three or four things
with the ball. You can either release it immediately, you can place it in any
direction, or you can pass it off the floor, or roll it back. But if you hold on which
slows play down, thats a penalty.
Quando voc tackleado, e levado para o cho, voc pode fazer trs ou quatro
coisas com a bola. Voc pode solta-la imediatamente, voc pode coloc-la no cho em

qualquer direo, efetuar um passe, ou rolar ela para trs. Mas se voc a segurar vai
atrasar o jogo. Isso uma falta.

OFF YOUR FEET***

***In rugby the game is played on your feet. If you go off your feet
deliberately, in the contact area for example, then its a penalty.

HEAD CHECK**

If a referee suspects a player has become concussed, and would like him
to get checked, then he calls the medic with a head check signal.

Se o rbitro suspeita que um jogador sofreu uma concusso, e gostaria que ele
fosse examinado, ento ele chama um mdico com esses sinal.

NECK ROLL/NECK GRAB

Agarrar pelo pescoo / Toro
de pescoo

This is something quite new that has been creeping into the game. Its
dangerous play where players grab an opponent by the neck in a maul or
contact area to take them out, or grab them round the neck to twist them out of
the contact area. This should not be happening because its very dangerous
play.

Isso algo novo que est sendo introduzido no jogo. uma jogada perigosa
quando jogadores agarram o oponente pelo pescoo em um maul ou na rea de contato
para retir-los, ou agarram ao regos do pescoo para torcer o oponente para fora da rea
de contato. Isso no deveria acontecer porque muito perigoso.
So thats classed as a high tackle, dangerous. That is to be penalised and
clamped down upon.
Ento isso classificado como um tackle alto, perigoso.

FREE KICK

This is awarded for an infringement which is deemed to be not as

deliberate as a penalty offence.
Esse marcado para uma infrao que no deliberada como um penalty.

CROOKED FEED

That would be, for example, if a scrum-half feeds the ball not straight at
the scrum... although a lot of people would say thats deliberate.

FOOT UP

The hooker having his foot up before the ball comes into the scrum is
another free kick.

BALL NOT STRAIGHT IN

LINEOUT

The ball must be thrown down the middle, which we call straight. If its
thrown down to one side more than the other, which makes it an unfair contest,
then its not straight. Scrum or lineout to the opposition, their captains call.

PENALTY

A penalty is awarded for a deliberate infringement, ie something other than

a knock-on, forward pass or an accidental offside.

HANDS IN RUCK

Players must be on their feet in the ruck. They can only use their feet to
ruck the ball back, so any player who uses his hands after the ruck is formed
will be penalised.

OFFSIDE

There are different offside lines in the game. You have an offside at the
ruck and maul, which is the hind-most foot and that line goes right across the
width of the field.
At lineouts, the offside line for players not in the lineout is 10m back, and
from scrums its five metres back from the feet of the number eight. If anybody
encroaches those offisde lines, then they get penalised.

TACKLER NOT ROLLING AWAY

Once you are tackled, the ball carrier must place the ball and make an
attempt to roll away. The tackler must release the ball carrier and then roll away
from that area if possible, too.

PULLING DOWN THE SCRUM

The front row must bind straight and drive square. They must not drive
lower than the hips, or push the scrum up. If you pull the scrum down, you get
penalised.

TELEVISION MATCH OFFICIAL

When we go to the TMO, which is quite often these days, itll be a TV

signal. And as TVs are square at the moment, the signal is square.

ASSIST TACKLER NOT

RELEASING

These days, you often see two people tackle the ball carrier. Once the ball
carrier has gone to ground, the player who remains on his feet and is still in
contact with him must release him before regathering the ball. if he doesnt,
then we call that assist tackler not releasing and thats a penalty offence.

HIGH TACKLE

You must make an attempt to tackle the opponent below the line of the
shoulder and neck. If you dont, its a high tackle.

GOING IN FROM THE SIDE

When you enter a tackle at a ruck or maul, you must enter form behind the
hind-most foot of your own players in that phase of play. If you enter in front,
thats regarded as side entry and will be penalised.