NEW RULES (previously unpublished)

• All players must remove jewellery and ensure nails are cut short before taking the court (nail clippers are available if needed)
• SIN BIN : Players must attack the ball and not the player.( No Aggressiveness, No Tackling from behind, NO slide tackles)  Player will be sent off until the next goal .
• At the first kick off and after every goal, the kick must go backwards or sideways.  5 seconds to release Ball
• The penalties for offside in the goal box will be taken from the X, which is situated one metre from the top of the goal box. 
• After each goal is scored, play will restart from the middle with a kick backwards or sideways by the non-scoring team.
• Deflections are acceptable but intended kicks above shoulder level will be penalised.  This distinction is up to the referee.
• Northside soccer will be two 20 minute halves. one minute turn around
• Southside soccer will be four 15 minute quarters with a quick change over for substitution
• There are no subs allowed until a goal is scored
  (unless a player is injured )
• Teams will swap ends after EVERY half and quarter.
• There are no "outs", the ball can bounce off walls.
• Only the goal keeper is allowed in the keeper's box.
• There are no offside (except for no players in the keeper's box).
• Players may not kick the ball above shoulder height (shoulder height is determined by the umpire).
• Players can shoot from anywhere outside the 2 goalkeepers areas. THE GOALKEEPER CANNOT SCORE
• Players may not touch the ball with their hands (except the goal keeper).
• If a penalty is awarded, any player may take a free kick from where the penalty occurred.  The opposition may defend from 1 metre distance.
• To start play, a toss will be taken and all players must be positioned in their defensive half.
• Each goal is worth one point if scored by a guy and TWO points if scored by a girl (to encourage the boys to pass the ball ).
• Teams may have a maximum of three males on the court at one time
• If the team has MORE than the required number of players, the cost of the game can be split amongst the players.  We recommend the guideline - if you play half a game, you pay half a game.
•  Teams will be penalised one point for every member, who isn’t wearing a Netball Dublin t-shirt (try to remember your tee-shirts!!)
• If the team does not have sufficient players, they may still play, but must cover the FULL cost of the game prior to the start 
• For every minute a team is late on court one point will be awarded to the other team.

Southside Extra Rules

• The ball is not allowed above the blue line on the wall.
• Penalties: one person must have there feet flat in the square. All other players must be outside the red line.
• Goal Keeper cannot pick up from a back pass, if so a penalty will be awarded.
• Goal Keeper has 5 seconds to release ball

Fill-ins

We appreciate that as the season progresses, some people travel or go home.  During the league, we are not very strict on who can fill in for a team, except that if someone plays Three or more games for a team, they must register with that team.  Also, if a team has more than two fill-in players on any one night, the captain should, out of courtesy, inform the captain of the opposition.  Good sportsmanship is appreciated in this situation, whereby teams should not ask for players, who are significantly better than those they are replacing.

There must be three members from the same team on court at all times. If you cannot have three members of the same team on court you must arrange fill-ins, forfeit the game and pay the game fee.(i.e. a team cannot have more than 3 fill in players

Due to the competitive nature of the league, especially as semis and finals approach, the fill-ins rule must become more stringent as follows: 

• Fill in players for semis and finals must have played 1/3 of the teams games through out the season
• If you do not have anyone who has filled in for 1/3 of the seasons games than a player maybe got from a team that did not make the semi finals
• All fill in players for semis and finals AND for three weeks prior to semis and finals must be approved by the Netball Dublin Management.
• All players for semi finals and finals must be registered players.

For more information, please contact info@netballdublin.com or phone  office (01)4100555 0r Mobile +353 876677737