From a Top14 match (Pau - Toulouse) last weekend, something I don't think I've seen before:
Alternative on flickr:
Out of shot, the AR evidently flags that White 15 who caught the ball had put a foot in touch, but play has continued infield for a few seconds leading to a tackle on White 15 and ruck.
Green 9 grabs the ball (which appears to be being presented by White 15), runs behind the mark of touch and does a quick throw in.
Nobody seems to object, and reviewing the video I can mostly see why - as well as the throw complying with 18.4, there's no obvious reason to disallow the QTI:
18.5c - It's the same ball as went into touch;
18.5b - It *looks* like nobody other than the player who carried it into touch (W15) and the player throwing in (G9) actually touched the ball;
18.5a - The lineout has not yet formed.
Although this last point has me wondering a little:
As G9 positions to make the throw, there are 2 White players wandering around between the 5 & 15m marks, pretty much along the line they're required to form on for a lineout.
And there are at least 2 Green players within a few metres of their own line.
So, would it have been reasonable for the ref to rule that the lineout was sufficiently formed (even if somewhat by happenstance) to disallow the QTI?
(Clearly the ref didn't have a problem with it - and as far as I can tell neither did the players, nor the crowd (although this was Green's home ground.)
Alternative on flickr:
Out of shot, the AR evidently flags that White 15 who caught the ball had put a foot in touch, but play has continued infield for a few seconds leading to a tackle on White 15 and ruck.
Green 9 grabs the ball (which appears to be being presented by White 15), runs behind the mark of touch and does a quick throw in.
Nobody seems to object, and reviewing the video I can mostly see why - as well as the throw complying with 18.4, there's no obvious reason to disallow the QTI:
18.5c - It's the same ball as went into touch;
18.5b - It *looks* like nobody other than the player who carried it into touch (W15) and the player throwing in (G9) actually touched the ball;
18.5a - The lineout has not yet formed.
Although this last point has me wondering a little:
As G9 positions to make the throw, there are 2 White players wandering around between the 5 & 15m marks, pretty much along the line they're required to form on for a lineout.
And there are at least 2 Green players within a few metres of their own line.
So, would it have been reasonable for the ref to rule that the lineout was sufficiently formed (even if somewhat by happenstance) to disallow the QTI?
(Clearly the ref didn't have a problem with it - and as far as I can tell neither did the players, nor the crowd (although this was Green's home ground.)
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