Back to Contents

player & ball
outside plane-of-touch

 

scenario 2

Red player kicks the ball for touch from a penalty. Blue player standing in the field-of-play dives across the touch-line and while in the air across the touch-line momentarily catches the ball and passes it back in to the field-of-play.

(a) Is the ball in-touch? YES
(b) Where is the line-out? The line-of-touch is where the ball crossed the touch-line
(c) Team to throw in? Red