22 Drop Out Into Wind

[Steve70]

Red 22 drop out - red kicks ball, but it disappears into the sun, ends up behind the 22 again and played by red. Not sure if the ball crossed the 22 - think it did - but it curled/blew back behind the 22.

Play on?

 

[crossref]

[LAWS]13.13 Drop-out must cross the line
(a) If the ball does not cross the 22-metre line, the opposing team has two choices:
•To have another drop-out, or
•To have a scrum at the centre of the 22-metre line. They throw in the ball.

(b) If the ball crosses the 22-metre line but is blown back, play continues.

(c) If the ball does not cross the 22-metre line, advantage may apply. An opponent who plays the ball can score a try.[/LAWS]

You have to make a judgement : did it cross the plane or not?

ASIDE : what a terribly worded Law. If the ball does not cross the line the opponents plainly have three choices:
- another drop out
- a scrum
- by playing the ball, to accept the kick

 

[The umpire]

J

ASIDE : what a terribly worded Law.

To be fair, most of them are badly worded. They could do with employing someone to rewrite the whole lot, someone with a really good qualification in English, say an O-level or a GCSE...

 

[ChrisR]

..... or someone taking ESL (English as a Second Language)

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..... or someone taking ESL (English as a Second Language)

 

[FlipFlop]

- by playing the ball, to accept the kick

Disagree with this. If they play the ball - it is a scrum advantage, and you can still come back (knock on when catching for example). Unlike with not 10 at a restart.

 

[crossref]

That's true, but if they play it successfully they immediately have both a territorial and tactical advantage over the scrum so advantage over

 

[Dickie E]

Red 22 drop out - red kicks ball, but it disappears into the sun, ends up behind the 22 again and played by red. Not sure if the ball crossed the 22 - think it did - but it curled/blew back behind the 22.

Play on?

this might be one of those mea culpa moments. "Sorry, lads, couldn't see if ball crossed 22. Let's take it again please".