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I guess the things that really confuse me are why certain things happen, such as when a player gets tackled suddenly 5 guys from both teams are suddenly slammed up against each other scrum style. 90% of the time the team with the ball retains it but other times it gets stolen- how does that happen...i just kind of assumed that once tackled you retained the ball until a turnover/penalty/out of bounds etc.

Well this is a ruck. You can get possession of the ball once a player is tackled you just have to "push" the other team off of the ball. So yeah a turnover can happen by loosing a ruck.

Yes to score a drop goal the ball must hit the ground prior to the kick. It can be punted, but you cannot score any points doing it this way.

If you are in front of the 22 then if the ball goes out of touch you get the line out. Don't know why it's just the rule. If I'm not mistaken, if it hits the ground prior to going into touch then the non kicking team gets the ball.

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Posted by Sophandros

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Posted on 10/29/12 at 11:40 am to carbola

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If you are in front of the 22 then if the ball goes out of touch you get the line out. Don't know why it's just the rule. If I'm not mistaken, if it hits the ground prior to going into touch then the non kicking team gets the ball.

No.

If you are in front of the 22 and you kick it in open play, it has to bounce before going out of bounds, or the non-kicking team gets the choice of a line out or scrum from where it was kicked.

If you kick from inside the 22, then the opposing team gets the line out where ever the ball goes into touch, regardless of whether it bounced.

In a penalty situation, it can do directly into touch, regardless of your situation relative to the 22.

A free kick is handled identically to the open play rules.

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