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Basic Rules

Offside-Onside: A player can never be in front of the ball, he/she is then offside. Hence, the ball can never be passed forward unless it is kicked.

Tackling: An offensive player who doesn't have the ball cannot be tackled. Only the player who is in possession can be tackled.

Blocking: Offensive players cannot block or obstruct a defender from making a tackle.

Length of a Game: The games are normally 80 minutes long with a 5 minutes half-time. Injury time is also added at the end of each half, although the length of injury time is left to the discretion of the referee.

 

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