Section 5: Rules of Play

A match consists of four quarters, with duration and intervals set under Law 10.1. Play commences, and is restarted at the centre, by a throw-up (Law 13); the general procedure for throwing up the football is at Law 14.

Source: Law 10.1, Law 13, Law 14, Law 15, Law 15.1, Law 15.2, Law 15.3, Law 20, Law 21, Law 18, Law 19

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