THANDA RHINOS & EMPANGENI RUGBY CLUB

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