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5.—Off Side. A player is off his side when the ball has been kicked, or thrown, or knocked on, or is being run with by any one of his own side behind him.
6.— A player entering a scrummage on the wrong side, is OFF his side.
7.— A player is OFF his side even when a player on his own side has kicked the ball from behind him and then run before him.
8.—On Side. A player is on side when the ball has been kicked, thrown, or knocked on, or run with (five yards) by any of the opposite side, or when it has touched the body of any player on the opposite side before him, i.e., in advance of him.
9.— A player being off his side is to consider himself as out of the game, and is not to touch the ball in any case whatever (either in or out of
