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66 or obstructing any opponent, the Referee shall, on a claim by the opposite side, award a free-kick at the spot where the offence took place.

In all the above cases a claim from the opposite side is necessary, but not through the Umpires.

6. In the following cases the Referee may interfere without any claim being made, and without reference to the Umpires:—

(c) When a player is down in a scrummage, and the Referee considers it dangerous for the game to proceed, it shall