Giteau's law

Giteau's law, or the Giteau law, is a name given to a practice by the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) introduced in 2015 to allow overseas-based Australian rugby union players to be eligible to play for the Australian national rugby union team. The policy change is colloquially named after Matt Giteau, as the rule was seen primarily to bring Giteau into the Australian side for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.^[1]

Year(s)	Criteria
Apr. 2015–Sep. 2020	Minimum 60 Test caps for Australia; and/or seven seasons at Super Rugby level.
Sep. 2020–Feb. 2022	Minimum 60 Test caps for Australia; and/or seven seasons at Super Rugby level. Two extra overseas-based players (no criteria).
Feb. 2022–present	Minimum 30 Test caps for Australia; and/or five seasons at Super Rugby level. Only three overseas-based players can be selected per tournament/series.

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