UNDER 11’S CARNIVAL
Logan Brothers Rugby League Club
Sunday 30th June 2013
8:00am Teams start arriving at field
8:30am All teams to be registered for the games and match report completed.
9:00am First round of games to commence
4 Games to be played at a time with all games starting and finishing at the same time, rules attached.
12:00pm Players lunch break
- Semi Final teams announced
12:30pm Semi Finals commence
2:00pm Presentation to winners
Announcement of Merit side.
SPONSORS:- LUCRF (providing funding); 5Star Sports; Marsden Trophies; Waterford Fruit Mart (supplying fresh fruit for players); IGA (supplying water and food for Referees)
Five Star Sports 11’s 9aside Challenge
Rules
· Each team consists of 9 players and 5 interchange players.
· Unlimited interchange.
· Scrums are replaced by turnovers.
· A team surrenders possession if the dummy half is tackled.
· 2 x 10 minute halves and a 5 minute half time break – pool games, semi finals and preliminary finals only.
· 2 x 15 minute halves and a 5 minute half time break – Grand Final only.
· No kicks for goal.
· No time off for injury.
· The referee will blow his/her whistle 1 minute before kick off and resumption of play after half time to allow teams to get back onto the field.
· Games start and finish on the siren.
· Time on will be called whether or not your team is ready.
· The traditional kick off; will only take place at the start of the game and the resumption of play after the half time break. On all other occasions a tap kick will be taken by the non scoring team.
· Players 1 to 9 on the match report must take the field first in every game.
· Players from clubs with multiple teams participating must remain with the team they played their first game for with the exception of injury – FAO Darryn Klein will have the final say on injury.
· All teams will play a minimum of three games which will be played in 4 pools – pool qualifiers will progress to the next round.
· Non qualifiers will be eliminated.
· From the semi finals onwards the competition becomes a knock out.
· Two points will be awarded for the win, one point each for the draw and one point to the half time leader. If tied at half time ½ a point will be awarded to each team.
· After the pool rounds in order to determine the eligibility of teams to progress, where they are tied on points, the for and against system will be used.
· To determine winners in the semi finals and preliminary finals where teams are tied on points at full time the golden point system will come into play – 5 minutes each way or until the first points are scored. If after the 5 minutes of extra time the scores are still level the points for and against will be used.
· In the Grand Final where teams are tied on points at the end of extra time joint winners will be announced.
