Q 299

tim White


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Should the answer be 'D', where the ball crossed the touchline as this is nearer the players goal line and the ball went slightly backwards?
 

Robert Burns

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You need to tell us what the question was and possibly all the other answer options.
 

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Here is the question with the answer as given.


Question Reference Number: 299
Blue #14 is just outside of their 22 and kicks. Gold #7 touches the ball and it deflects slightly behind Gold #7 and directly into touch at Gold's 10-meter line. What do you do?

The correct answer is: C.

19.1d : When a player anywhere in the playing area kicks the ball so that it touches or is touched by an opposition player and goes directly into touch, the throw-in is taken in-line with where the opposition player touched the ball or where the ball crossed the touch-line, if that is nearer the opposition player's goal-line.

A. Award a line-out to Gold opposite the place where Gold #7 touched the ball.
B. Award a line-out to Gold where the ball went into touch.
C. Award a line-out to Blue opposite the place Gold #7 touched the ball.
D. Award a line-out to Blue where the ball went into touch.
 

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The correct answer is surely 'D' ?? (unless of course Gold #7 had his back to the opposition so that 'behind him' actually meant forward on the pitch... which all goes to show how careful one has to be with words :confused: )
 

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The ambiguity could be avoided if Gold #7's location was given.
 

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OB.. said:
The ambiguity could be avoided if Gold #7's location was given.


... and goodness only knows in which direction it was kicked. Very badly worded question!!
 

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the normal assumptions would be that Gold 7 was facing play and that therefore behind him means closer to Gold's goal line.

Which means thatb D is correct - not C. as Tim suggested originally.

But I agree a more tightly drafted question gets rid of assumptions and aids clarity.
 

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Of course if they are both running very fast at the time of the incident maybe there is a momentum interpretation... :p
 

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:D Let's not go anywhere near momentum again...

I'll have a look, I can't be bothered to work out the question at the moment. So expect a proper response tomorrow...
 
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