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23.3 Match Abandonment:<br />
23.3.1 If a match is called off by the appointed match official for what ever reason (e.g.<br />
weather, discipline, player safety) before half time, then each team will be allocated 2<br />
Log points, unless otherwise decided by the KZNRU <strong>Fixture</strong>s Committee.<br />
23.3.2 If a match is called off by the appointed match official for what ever reason (e.g.<br />
weather, discipline, player safety) at half time or thereafter, the score at the time will<br />
stand and log points awarded accordingly. This match will not be replayed. (Unless<br />
the KZNRU <strong>Fixture</strong>s Committee deems it necessary)<br />
24. MINIMUM PLAYERS/PROPS PER TEAM<br />
24.1 All league teams should arrive with at least 15 players prepared to take the field of which two<br />
must be recognised props, including one identified player who can play prop in case of injury.<br />
24.2 Should any team arrive, however, with less than fifteen players but provided there are at least<br />
twelve players, then the match can commence subject to the provisions of 24.1 relating to props.<br />
Note:<br />
24.2.1 Since safety on the field is a priority, the referee will always request the captain of<br />
each team to identify both props and the replacement prop before he will commence<br />
the match.<br />
24.3 At any time after the match has commenced, should two of the three identified props be<br />
injured, then the referee will rule that uncontested scrums will apply.<br />
24.4 NON COMPLIANCE: - Should a team, at the scheduled commencement time of the match,<br />
not have twelve players and/or not have two recognised props and an identified player who<br />
can replace either then that team will be regarded as a non-arrival, will forfeit the match and<br />
the provisions of Regulation 24.2 shall apply.<br />
25. SCRATCHINGS: PENALTIES & FINES (excluding log points dealt with in 24 above).<br />
25.1 Premier Division:<br />
st<br />
1 Scratching - R2000 fine<br />
nd<br />
2 Scratching - R3000 fine<br />
rd<br />
3 Scratching - R5000 fine and automatic withdrawal<br />
from the league in which it competes. In addition, ALL senior teams<br />
st<br />
of that club, including the 1 team, will be penalised ONE (1) log point.<br />
25.2 First and U20 A Division:<br />
st<br />
1 Scratching - R1500 fine<br />
nd<br />
2 Scratching - R2000 fine<br />
rd<br />
3 Scratching - R3000 fine and automatic withdrawal from the league in which it<br />
competes. In addition, ALL senior teams of that club, including the<br />
st<br />
1 team, will be penalised ONE (1) log point.<br />
25.3 Other Teams:<br />
st<br />
1 Scratching - R500 fine<br />
nd<br />
2 Scratching - R1000 fine<br />
rd<br />
3 Scratching - R1500 fine and automatic withdrawal from the league.<br />
The additional penalties shall also apply to all non-arrivals.<br />
26. TEAM WITHDRAWALS<br />
26.1 Any club withdrawing one of its officially entered teams from the leagues, even prior to the<br />
commencement of the season, will incur a fine of R5000.<br />
26.2 The only exception to this rule will be in the case of a club withdrawing a team before the first<br />
league game and the KZNRU <strong>Fixture</strong>s Committee being able to arrange for another Club side<br />
in its place, thereby avoiding any disruption of fixtures. Such replacement team will then be<br />
subject to rules 25 to 26.1.<br />
26.3 Should the side withdrawn be an Under 20 team, the fine of R3000 shall also apply.<br />
26.4 In the event of a team scratching from the league during the course of a season, all previous<br />
fixtures involving that team shall be deemed not to have been played and the logs points<br />
accumulated therefore nullified.<br />
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