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Onside Kicks rule

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  • 16-11-2005 10:31am
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    Trampas
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    Whats the ruling on the onside kick if it doesn't go the 10 yards.

    Is it a rekick with 5 yard penalty??

    or

    Receiving team gets the ball??


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    Neil3030
    Registered Users Posts: 17,028 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    Trampas wrote:
    Whats the ruling on the onside kick if it doesn't go the 10 yards.

    Is it a rekick with 5 yard penalty??

    or

    Receiving team gets the ball??

    I'm fairly sure they get at least one other kick, provided the ball stayed in bounds. Then it may be handed over the other team from the point of the foul. But I'm not 100% on that.


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    NDMARSHALS
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    Kickoff

    1. The kickoff shall be from the kicking team’s 30-yard line at the start of each half and after a field goal and try. A kickoff is one type of free kick.

    2. A one-inch tee may be used (no tee permitted for field goal, safety kick, or try attempt) on a kickoff. The ball is put in play by a placekick.

    3. A kickoff may not score a field goal.

    4. A kickoff is illegal unless it travels 10 yards OR is touched by the receiving team. Once the ball is touched by the receiving team or has gone 10 yards, it is a free ball. Receivers may recover and advance. Kicking team may recover but NOT advance UNLESS receiver had possession and lost the ball.

    5. When a kickoff goes out of bounds between the goal lines without being touched by the receiving team, the ball belongs to the receivers 30 yards from the spot of the kick or at the out-of-bounds spot unless the ball went out-of-bounds the first time an onside kick was attempted. In this case, the kicking team is penalized five yards and the ball must be kicked again.

    6. When a kickoff goes out of bounds between the goal lines and is touched last by receiving team, it is receiver’s ball at out-of-bounds spot.

    7. If the kicking team either illegally kicks off out of bounds or is guilty of a short free kick on two or more consecutive onside kicks, receivers may take possession of the ball at the dead ball spot, out-of-bounds spot, or spot of illegal touch.


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