[Line out] Question- lineout

[Arabcheif]

Right I've got a quick question.

Law 18.1
I'm at the touchline, I've got one foot in play and one foot in touch. I catch the ball when the ball is over the plane of touch. So am I right in saying line out the the kick receiving team. If I've caught it before the ball reaches he plane of touch it's a line out to the kicking team. Or do we just play on as the ball "isn't in touch?"

If the ball is in touch has this changed over the last few years (10-15 years)?

 

[Rich_NL]

LO, your throw in. The other team took it over the plane.

Changed two years ago, IIRC, used to be your throw in irrespective of crossing the plane.

 

[Arabcheif]

So Just to clarify one foot in touch/one foot in the field of play...
1. I catch the ball after crossing the plane of touch - LO to my team.
2. I catch the ball before crossing the plane of touch - LO against me as I've "carried it out."
Am I right with that yeah?

 

[didds]

This used to be dead simple - it was "always" your throw until quite recently.

Now its down to the parallax your Level 9 ref returning from injury that is lacking a bit of fitness in the 72nd minute desperately trying to follow a turned over ball and long kick can manage.

Or something.

Winner.

 

[Phil E]

So Just to clarify one foot in touch/one foot in the field of play...
1. I catch the ball after crossing the plane of touch - LO to my team.
2. I catch the ball before crossing the plane of touch - LO against me as I've "carried it out."
Am I right with that yeah?

Yes.
Its the same if you are fully in touch, have a foot either side of the line, or just a foot on the line.

 

[crossref]

So Just to clarify one foot in touch/one foot in the field of play...
1. I catch the ball after crossing the plane of touch - LO to my team.
2. I catch the ball before crossing the plane of touch - LO against me as I've "carried it out."
Am I right with that yeah?

you are correct

(this is new Law, introduced last season)

 

[thepercy]

Also worth noting, you cannot cause the loss of gain in ground from kicks in front of the 22 by catching a ball that has not crossed the PoT with your foot in touch.

 

[Dickie E]

So Just to clarify one foot in touch/one foot in the field of play...
1. I catch the ball after crossing the plane of touch - LO to my team.
2. I catch the ball before crossing the plane of touch - LO against me as I've "carried it out."
Am I right with that yeah?

As others have said, yes.

And same principle applies to other lines. So a defender with one foot in in-goal and one foot in FoP catches the ball in FoP. If he then grounds it in goal, 5 metre scrum

 

[crossref]

As others have said, yes.

And same principle applies to other lines. So a defender with one foot in in-goal and one foot in FoP catches the ball in FoP. If he then grounds it in goal, 5 metre scrum

only if it hadn't crossed the plane, if it had crossed the plane then (assuming the attackers had played it last) it's a 22m DO.

 

[Taff]

When I queried this before, for me the nugget came from ThePercy.

... No longer can you catch a ball in play and make it dead, rolling or otherwise, and get the possession, you've caused it to go in to touch, Ingoal or dead.

 

[crossref]

(error)

 

[chbg]

only if it hadn't crossed the plane, if it had crossed the plane then (assuming the attackers had played it last) it's a 22m DO.

"catches in FoP" means that it hasn't crossed the plane.

 

[Dickie E]

you've caused it to go in to touch, Ingoal or dead.

Likewise the 22

 

[crossref]

"catches in FoP" means that it hasn't crossed the plane.

Not really as you can stand in the FoP and catch a ball (a catch in the FoP) when the ball HAS crossed the plane, and it's not in touch

The touch laws are very confusing, (and IMO confused) - we need to be very specific

 

[Dickie E]

only if it hadn't crossed the plane, if it had crossed the plane then (assuming the attackers had played it last) it's a 22m DO.

well, that depends which way the ball was travelling ... towards or away from the DBL.

Remember, precision is important.

 

[crossref]

Quite right

And, perhaps, how it was last played ..was it kicked or was it thrown forward. So many variables ... h