Thigh grips for lineout

[Rich]

Just wanted to clarify, as cannot find relevant information, what/how much is the legal amount of thigh strapping on players' thighs specifically with regards to aids for those being lifted in lineouts.

thanks.

 

[Dixie]

They are technically illegal, but as they are universally used, don't make life hard for yourself by pointing this out to anyone. If you want to check that they are suitably compressible so as not to hurt anyone, I suggest you ask to evaluate their composition before they are applied to the player in question. Ask yourself: if this player was of a different gender to me, would I really go feeling around their legs? If the answer is yes - you may like to revisit the safeguarding section of the referee's manual. If the answer is no, don't do if for the same gender either.

 

[Rich]

There are conversations of 5mm uncompressed as the max thickness....

What confuses me is that you can actually buy these;

http://www.leghandles.com/500.html

and these

http://www.ruggers.com/lineoutsupport.html

as for feeling their legs....I'm not sure that I've ever had the urge but thanks for that thought Dixie!!!