What tackle height and ball-carrying rules apply in club rugby?

Q: What tackle height and ball-carrying rules apply in club rugby?

SA Rugby's lowered tackle-height laws have applied to all school and club rugby since 2024. They do not apply to senior professional rugby. Tacklers (open play) Tackle below the base of the sternum. A tackle below the knees needs a clear wrap of the arms. Second tacklers in a double tackle must also stay at or below the base of the sternum. Contact between the base of the sternum and the shoulder line is mainly a penalty. Contact above the shoulder line goes through the Head Contact Process, with yellow or red cards. Ball carriers (open play) You may brace for contact, but may not run with your body fully bent or horizontal, with your head below your hips, or lead head-first into contact. No "cannon-arm" (going to ground early to propel yourself into contact) at a pick-and-drive. Denying the tackler a safe target is a penalty. Head-to-head contact can escalate to cards.

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SA Rugby's lowered tackle-height laws have applied to all school and club rugby since 2024. They do not apply to senior professional rugby.

Tacklers (open play)

Tackle below the base of the sternum. A tackle below the knees needs a clear wrap of the arms.
Second tacklers in a double tackle must also stay at or below the base of the sternum.
Contact between the base of the sternum and the shoulder line is mainly a penalty. Contact above the shoulder line goes through the Head Contact Process, with yellow or red cards.

Ball carriers (open play)

You may brace for contact, but may not run with your body fully bent or horizontal, with your head below your hips, or lead head-first into contact.
No "cannon-arm" (going to ground early to propel yourself into contact) at a pick-and-drive.
Denying the tackler a safe target is a penalty. Head-to-head contact can escalate to cards.