(b) Players' clothing inspection. The referee must inspect the players’ clothing to ensure it is in compliance with Law 4. The referee may delegate responsibility for the inspection of players' clothing to the touch judges.

(c) Touch judges. The referee may instruct the touch judges as to their duties.

(b) When the match organiser has authorised the application of an experimental law as approved by the IRB Council, the referee may apply these laws in prescribed matches.

(c) The referee keeps the time.

(d) The referee keeps the score.

(e) The referee gives permission to the players to leave the playing area.

(f) The referee gives permission to the replacements or substitutes to enter the playing area.

(g) The referee gives permission to the team doctors or medically trained persons or their assistants to enter the playing area, as and when permitted by the Law.

(h) The referee gives permission to each of the coaches to enter the playing area at half time to attend their teams during the interval.

(b) A match organiser may appoint an official who uses technological devices. If the referee is unsure when making a decision in in-goal involving a try being scored or a touch down, that official may be consulted.

(c) The official may be consulted in relation to the success or otherwise of kicks at goal.

(d) The official may be conulted if the referee or touch judge is usure if a player was or was not in touch when attempting to ground theball to score a try.

(e) The official may be consulted if the referee or touch judges are unsure when making decisions relating to touch-in-goal and the ball being made dead if a score may have occurred.

(f) A match organiser may appoint a time keeper who will signify the end of each half.

(g) The referee must not consult with any other persons.

(b) The referee has power to stop play at any time.

(c) The referee must blow the whistle to indicate a score, or a touch-down.

(d) The referee must blow the whistle to stop play because of an infringement or for an offence of foul play. When the referee cautions or sends off the offender, the referee must whistle a second time when the penalty kick or penalty try is awarded.

(e) The referee must blow the whistle when the ball has gone out of play, or when it has become unplayable, or when a penalty is awarded.

(f) The referee must blow the whistle when the ball or the ball-carrier touches the referee and either team gains an advantage from this.

(g) The referee must blow the whistle when it would be dangerous to let play continue. This includes when a scrum collapses, or when a front-row player is lifted into the air or is forced upwards out of a scrum, or when it is probable that a player has been seriously injured.

(h) The referee may blow the whistle to stop play for any other reason according to the laws.

(b) When the player has been sent off, the referee will show that player a red card.

(b) If the referee stops play because a player has been injured, and there has been no infringement and the ball has not been made dead, play restarts with a scrum. The team last in possession throws in the ball. If neither team was in possession, the attacking team throws in the ball.

(c) The referee must blow the whistle if continuation of play would be dangerous for any reason.

(b) If either team gains an advantage in the field-of-play, the referee orders a scrum and the team that last played the ball has the throw-in. (c) If either team gains an advantage in in-goal, if the ball is in possession of a an attacking player the referee awards a try where the contact took place.

(d) If either team gains an advantage in in-goal, if the ball is in possession of a defending player, the referee awards a touch-down where the contact took place.

(b) A touch judge may enter the playing area when reporting an offence of dangerous play or misconduct to the referee. The touch judge may do this only at the next stoppage in play.

(b) Signalling result of kick at goal. When a conversion kick or a penalty kick at goal is being taken, the touch judges must help the referee by signalling the result of the kick. One touch judge stands at or behind each goal post. If the ball goes over the cross-bar and between the posts, the touch judge raises the flag to indicate a goal.

(c) Signalling touch. When the ball or the ball-carrier has gone into touch, the touch judge must hold up the flag. The touch judge must stand at the place of throw-in and point to the team entitled to throw in. The touch judge must also signal when the ball or the all ball carrier has gone into touch-in-goal.

(d) When to keep the flag raised. When the ball is thrown in, the touch judge must lower the flag, with the following exceptions:

Exception 1: When the player throwing in puts any part of either foot in the field-of-play, the touch judge keeps the flag up.

Exception 2: When the team not entitled to throw-in has done so, the touch judge keeps the flag up.

Exception 3: When, at a quick throw-in, the ball that went into touch is replaced by another ball, or after it went into or it has been touched by anyone except the player who takes the throw-in, the touch judge keeps the flag up.

(e) It is for the referee, and not the touch judge, to decide whether or not the ball was thrown in from the correct place. (f) Signalling dangerous play. A touch judge signals that dangerous play or misconduct has been seen by holding the flag horizontally and pointing infield at right angles to the touch-line.