Sweden-Lithuania

[Arturas]

Our team lost to Sweden, but one moment was very poor from the referre:
our tean put the ball into the lineout, but the Sweden player take another ball and make fast throw and they made a try.
Question: if the field referree made this mistake what must do the line out referrees? Do they need to give a signal?
Thank you, Arturas.

 

[Dixie]

Hi Arturas.

The protocol in England is that the AR will put his flag up for the throw, but will only stick his arm out when the quick throw is no longer possible. Consequently, he should be watching the ball to check when he can put his arm out. If a QT is taken with the wrong ball, I'd expect him to alert the referee through the radio.