Giteau's law

Giteau's law, or the Giteau law, was the name given to a practice by the Australian Rugby Union (ARU), later known as Rugby Australia (RA), introduced in 2015 to allow overseas-based Australian rugby union players to be eligible to play for the Australia national rugby union team. The policy change was colloquially named after Matt Giteau, as the rule was seen primarily to bring him into the Australian side for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The initial selection criteria was also dubbed the "60/7 Rule".

In August 2025, Rugby Australia Director of High Performance Peter Horne stated that the "Giteau law" criteria for national selection was redundant and that the coach, Joe Schmidt, was free to select all eligible Australian players, domestic- or overseas-based.