The field
used is grass w ith the usual exception of mud. The measurements of the
field are as shown in th e image to the right. The length of the field cannot
exceed 100 metres (110 yards) and the width cannot exceed 70 metres (75
yards). Each try zone or in goal cannot exceed 22 metres (25 yards) in length.
Goal posts similar to those used in American football and shaped in the
form of an "H" stand on the goal line at opposite ends of the
field, at the beginning of each try zone. The lines usually drawn inside
the field are 22 metres (25 yards) off goal, 10 metres (10 yards) off halfway
and the halfway line itself. Also a 5 metre (5 yard) alley is drawn alon
g the lengths of the field measured off the touchlines (out of bounds).
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