Do you know the rule for taking quick line outs in rugby union? RULE 19 (IRB) Usually, quick line out is used when the opposition kicks the ball deep into enemy territory and fails to follow the kick up to form a lineout AND a lineout is formed when two or more players from both teams are standing in the vicinity of where the ball went into touch.. However, what governs the quick line outs is that as long as it is your teams ball you can throw the ball in to one of your team mates, or you can throw it in and then go pick it up yourself however, you must throw it in straight AND the ball must travel at least 5 metres for it to be counted as a quick line out, same rule that also governs the full line out. The MOST important rule that you must remember when executing a quick line out for it to work is that you must use the SAME BALL that was kicked out to touch and that NO ONE is allowed to touch the ball once the ball goes out of play. Thus if someone, say the ball boy, ref, players touch the ball when it goes out of play and then gives it back to the playing player so that he could execute a quick line out, it is deemed that the ball is dead and that full line out must proceed. If someone tries to do a quick line out in this situation, the ref or the sideline ref will inform the ref to call play back for a full line out. In this video example Toulon v Leicester Tigers, Maxime Mermoz kicks into touch to clear the pressure the Tigers have put on Toulon but Tigers No. 10 Owen Williams follows the ball into touch and takes a quick lineout TO HIMSELF. ALL THE RULES OF THE LINEOUT ARE FOLLOWED and the referee allows play to continue.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:02:50 +0000