1939-40

RUGBY
LAW
27.—
Touch.—The ball is in touch:
(a)
When, not being in the possession of a player, it touches
or crosses a touch line.
If the ball cross a touch line and is then blown back,
it is in touch at the place where it first crossed the line.
(b) When the ball in a player's possession or a player carrying
it touches a touch line or the ground beyond it.
A player may be in touch and yet play the ball with his foot
if the ball is not in touch.
The ball must be brought into play by an opponent of the player
whom it last touched in the field-of-play, unless such player carry-
ing the ball is physically forced into touch by an opponent, in
which case it shall be brought into play by the player so forced or
by one of his team.
A player throwing the ball in from touch must have both feet
in touch; otherwise the ball shall be thrown in again.
The ball must be brought into play at the place where it went
into touch by one of the following methods
(i) Throwing it into the field of play
so
as to alight at least
five yards from and at right angles to the touch line,
or
(2)
Forming a scrummage ten yards from the place where it
went into touch, at right angles to the touch lines.
If the ball, when thrown in from touch, does not alight as in
(i), the opposing team shall bring the ball into play as in
(2).
Law io
(m)
as to advantage does not apply in the event of (r)
not being complied with.
N
OTE.
—When a penalty kick is awarded for infringements in
throwing the ball in from touch, re Law
35,
the mark for such kick
shall be ten yards from the touch line on a line through the place
of
infringement at right angles to the touch lines.
LAW
28.—
Wilful Throwing, etc., in touch,
etc.—If a
player wilfully knock or throw the ball from the field of play into
touch, touch-in-goal, or over his own dead ball line, the opposing
team shall be awarded a penalty kick at the place where such knock
or throw occurred.
LAW
29.—
Touch-in
-Goal.—The ball is in Touch-in-goal:
(a)
When, not being in possession of a player, it touches a
corner post, or touches or crosses a Touch-in-goal line.
(b) When the ball in a player's possession, or a player carrying
it touches a corner post or touches a Touch-in-goal line
or the ground beyond it.
The flag shall not be regarded as part of the corner post.
LAW
3o.
—Ball, etc., touching Referee.
—If the ball or a player
carrying it touch the Referee in the field-of-play a scrummage shall
be ordered at that place.
If the ball in a player's possession or a player carrying it touches
the Referee in that player's In-goal, a Touch-down shall be awarded ;