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Advantage is that property or part of play, which gives one team the potential to improve its position to score relative to the other team.
Attacking Team is the team, which has possession or is gaining possession of the ball.
Attacking Scoreline is the line on or over which a team has to place the ball to score a touchdown.
Behind means in a position or direction towards a team's defending scoreline.
Dead Ball means when the ball is out of play and includes the period following a touch until the ball is brought back into play at a Rollball, the period following a touchdown or penalty, until the match is recommenced, and when the ball goes to ground and/or outside the boundaries of the field of play.
Defending Scoreline is the line, which a team has to defend to prevent a touchdown.
Defending Team is the team without possession of the ball.
Deliver means to part with the ball.
The Half is the player who takes possession of the ball behind the player who performs the Rollball.
Field of Play is the playing area bounded by the sidelines and Touchdown Zone lines, both of which are out of bounds.
Forward means in a position or direction towards a team's own attacking scoreline.
Full Time occurs at the expiration of the normal time allowed for play.
Interchange Area is a rectangle measuring twenty (20) metres long by no more than five (5) metres wide, marked on both sides of the field, extending ten (10) metres either side of the half way line and being one (1) metre from the sideline.
Mark (For a Touch) is the position where the attacking player in possession of the ball is at the time of the touch.
Mark (For a Tap) is the centre of the halfway line for the commencement or re-commencement of play, or the position where a tap is awarded as a result of an infringement.
Offside means in a position forward of the ball for an attacking player and in a position liable to penalty for a defending player.
Onside means in a position whereby a player may legitimately become involved with play.
Penalty is the action by the referee in awarding a tap when a player or team infringes the rules of the game.
Rebound occurs when the ball deflects from or makes contact with a player other than the player who first had possession.
Rollball is the normal act of bringing the ball into play following a touch or a change of possession.
Ruling is the decision made by the referee as a result of particular circumstances. It can result in a play on, a tap or a change of possession.
Scorelines are the lines separating the Touchdown Zone from the field of play.
Sidelines are the side boundaries of the field of play.
Tap is the method of commencing the match, recommencing the match after half time and after a touchdown has been scored. It is also a method of recommencing play when a penalty is awarded.
Touch is contact on any part of the body between a player in possession of the ball and a defending player. A touch includes contact on the ball, hair or clothing and may be made by a defending player or by the player in possession.
Touchdown is the result of an attacking player, except the half, placing the ball on or over the team's attacking scoreline.
Touchdown Zone is the area bounded by the sideline, scoreline and Touchdown Zone Line.
Touchdown Zone Line is the line joining the sidelines extending no less than five (5) metres and not more than ten (10) metres past the scoreline.
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