ChrisR
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From a match video I was watching:
White kick off and the ball lands at about the 6m mark and takes a funny bounce forwards. It strikes a Blue player in the chest, who had stepped forward over the 10m line, and bounces back toward White. The referee orders a FK at center as the Blue player had not played the ball and the ball had not gone 10m.
I would have played on. Here's the video:
https://youtu.be/dj17LC5ROJ4?t=293
Here's the law:
[LAWS]6. The ball must reach the 10-metre line. Sanction: The non-kicking team has the option of the kick being retaken or a scrum.
7. If the ball reaches the 10-metre line but is then blown back or if an opponent plays the ball before it reaches the 10-metre line, play continues.
[/LAWS]
White kick off and the ball lands at about the 6m mark and takes a funny bounce forwards. It strikes a Blue player in the chest, who had stepped forward over the 10m line, and bounces back toward White. The referee orders a FK at center as the Blue player had not played the ball and the ball had not gone 10m.
I would have played on. Here's the video:
https://youtu.be/dj17LC5ROJ4?t=293
Here's the law:
[LAWS]6. The ball must reach the 10-metre line. Sanction: The non-kicking team has the option of the kick being retaken or a scrum.
7. If the ball reaches the 10-metre line but is then blown back or if an opponent plays the ball before it reaches the 10-metre line, play continues.
[/LAWS]