Hi all, thanks for the advice. I gave a 22 ( mainly a guess using logic), my main mistake was not to slow the game down and be clear in my decision. Still you live and learn. main leasrning point is to ignore the players and go with my own thoughts.
Another point: What if he had passed the ball? Christy you say that makes a difference?
Thanks
si
Hi sig.
Red kick off from half way line ( or 22 restart ) ,,the ball travels all the way inside blue in goal .
Blue player goes inside his own in goal . And picks up ball , or catches a bouncing ball , whilst in side
His own in goal .
We are actually still in open play .
But the blue player has options .
He can ground the ball , kick ball over dead ball line or touch in goal .or even run off pitch with ball
This will result in scrum back or 22 . ( they will always take scrum ) ..
If blue player picks up ball & passes ball to his team mate , so they are both still inside in goal , he has now elected to play on .
So the scrum back option is now not available .
So if blue player who received pass , decides to ground ball in goal , or making it dead by carrying it over
Dead ball line or touch in goal line . This means they have elected to play on
They will only be awarded a 22 ( because it was still the attacking team who put the ball in opposition in goal )
If the pass was in fact intercepted by red attacking player & they ground the ball .
It will be their try .
Finally the blue player can simply if he chooses , with ball in hand run back into field and simply play rugby .. but then he has lost any rights to a 22 drop out .
If he was then to go back into his own in goal & make ball dead or ground ball .
We would now have a scrum with red put in ,, 5 meters in from try line .