Lineout not 5m
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Dickie E
Referees in Australia
if its a timing issue, usually scrum/lineout option to opponents. If its egregious, FK
Without looking it up, I thought it was FK on the 15m line.
Again without looking it up, I thought the LO / Scrum option was only available if the thrower ballsed it up. Eg if he had a foot in the FoP, he failed to throw it 5m or he failed to throw it in straight. :chin:
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Dickie E
Referees in Australia
[LAWS]23. The ball must:
a. Be thrown in straight along the mark of touch; and
b. Reach the five-metre line before it hits the ground or is played.
Sanction: Option of lineout or scrum. If the lineout is chosen and the ball is again not thrown straight, a scrum is awarded to the team that originally threw in the ball.[/LAWS]
a. Be thrown in straight along the mark of touch; and
b. Reach the five-metre line before it hits the ground or is played.
Sanction: Option of lineout or scrum. If the lineout is chosen and the ball is again not thrown straight, a scrum is awarded to the team that originally threw in the ball.[/LAWS]
menace
Referees in Australia
This only when the numpty thrower can't get it to the 5m.
Timing issue IS egregious.
So for me FK to opponent every time a player prevents it going 5m. (Nothing happens by accident :wink
.Plus it has the added bonus of getting on with the game and not to dick around with a scrum where another sanction is probably the result!
Ps i can never recall a complaint from any team being awarded a FK protesting it should be a scrum...nor the offending team for that matter :biggrin:
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Sooner or later a player is going to ask you for a Law Reference
Rich_NL
Well-known member
This happens a few times a season for me, lowest leagues and junior rugby. Enough to usually stand by the thrower at attacking LOs in the 22...
The front player at the lineout fakes a lift, turns around to the hooker and takes a step forward, hands outstretched to catch the short ball, which only goes 3m. LO/scrum option.
The front player at the lineout fakes a lift, turns around to the hooker and takes a step forward, hands outstretched to catch the short ball, which only goes 3m. LO/scrum option.
menace
Referees in Australia
Sooner or later a player is going to ask you for a Law Reference
Simple. Ill refer them to 18.6.
menace
Referees in Australia
For me that's a FK..
[LAWS]The ball must reach the five-metre line before it is played and a player must not prevent the ball from travelling five metres. Sanction: Free-kick.[/LAWS]
menace
Referees in Australia
I must admit I'm perplexed why some would give a scrum/lo when a player (from either team) prevents the ball from reaching the 5m line?
The part of law 18 that results in that option is:
[LAWS]THROWING INTO A LINEOUT
22. The player throwing in the ball stands on the mark of touch with both feet outside the field of play. The thrower must not step into the field of play until the ball has been thrown. Sanction: Option of lineout or scrum.
23. The ball must:
a. Be thrown in straight along the mark of touch; and
b. Reach the five-metre line before it hits the ground or is played.
Sanction: Option of lineout or scrum. If the lineout is chosen and the ball is again not thrown straight, a scrum is awarded to the team that originally threw in the ball.[/LAWS]
Surely that has to be interpreted as an offence by the thrower? (It's grouped with throwing offences)
The part of law 18 that results in that option is:
[LAWS]THROWING INTO A LINEOUT
22. The player throwing in the ball stands on the mark of touch with both feet outside the field of play. The thrower must not step into the field of play until the ball has been thrown. Sanction: Option of lineout or scrum.
23. The ball must:
a. Be thrown in straight along the mark of touch; and
b. Reach the five-metre line before it hits the ground or is played.
Sanction: Option of lineout or scrum. If the lineout is chosen and the ball is again not thrown straight, a scrum is awarded to the team that originally threw in the ball.[/LAWS]
Surely that has to be interpreted as an offence by the thrower? (It's grouped with throwing offences)
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didds
Resident Club Coach
It seems harsh to FK somebody for what maybe merely a mistake, rather than a deliberate attempt to circumnavifagate the laws I guess.
Not that Fks are worth anything.
Can one choose a lineout for a lineout FK award now? Or is that only PKs? Or was that a trial that has now ended? Or cheese or something green?
didds
Not that Fks are worth anything.
Can one choose a lineout for a lineout FK award now? Or is that only PKs? Or was that a trial that has now ended? Or cheese or something green?
didds
Don't need to look it up. I'm confident. :biggrin:
Sorry, but I don't think it is a LO / Scrum option in that case.
I've discussed this before with an assessor and was told that my understanding was right. If the thrower cocks it up - then there are options. But if the front player (as in your example) cocks it up and catches the ball before the ball reaches the 5m line, then it's FK.
Rich_NL
Well-known member
That's from the Quick Throw section, not throwing into the lineout - 18.6 instead of 18.23. I think we agree that QTIs have different laws to lineouts?
Then why does 18.23 say "... before it hits the ground *or is played*"? That makes no sense.
When throwing into a lineout, the ball is not going 5m before it is played. I'm really not sure how much clearer the law could be.
I've also discussed this with an assessor/ref coach, so somewhere something is not going right
has it maybe changed in the past?
For me, the key issue for the sanction is who stopped the ball going 5m. If the thrower or a member of the throwing team, I am offering options to the non-throwing team. If a non-throwing team player stops the ball going 5m I am blowing a FK for blocking the throw. There is no specific sanction for this other than in 18.6 for QTI, but it is one of the drawings of things not allowed.
menace
Referees in Australia
That's from the Quick Throw section, not throwing into the lineout - 18.6 instead of 18.23. I think we agree that QTIs have different laws to lineouts?
Then why does 18.23 say "... before it hits the ground *or is played*"? That makes no sense.
When throwing into a lineout, the ball is not going 5m before it is played. I'm really not sure how much clearer the law could be.
I've also discussed this with an assessor/ref coach, so somewhere something is not going right
Bloody good point (and pickup).
Yet in 2017 law book it was under "19.10 Options available in a lineout" point h.
[LAWS]Blocking the throw-in. A lineout player must not stand less than 5 metres from the touchline. No player may block the throw-in or prevent the ball from travelling 5 metres. Sanction: Free Kick on the 15-metre line.[/LAWS]
And we all know that the new 2018 version of the laws has not changed from 2017!! :wink:
WR are such a clever bunch! *sigh*
Since there is no change to 2017 laws...then Ill keep applying 2017 interpretation under 19.10 (h)!!
menace
Referees in Australia
Hmmm
I cant bring myself to apply different sanctions to exactly the same offence based on who is throwing the ball? That does not seem equitable or consistent to me?