Lineouts
No new lineout laws
• Although the new maul laws are most relevant at lineout time
My lineout checklist
(or how it works in the car!)
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Ball Touched
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– delegate
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Lineout formed
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Stop and think
Manage pocketed penalties
Pattern of throwing
Positioning
Backs
Gap
Numbers
– Not delaying
– Minimum numbers
– Receiver switch
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Hooker 2&2, receivers 2
Early jump
Throw
– If to the back go quickly
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Man in the air
obstruction
Sack/collapse
Backs back 10
Lineout over
– Passed away
– Maul moves off
– Beyond 15
My quick lineout checklist
• Ball not touched by another person (consider delegating to an
AR if possible)
• Lineout formed
• Same player and ball
• Place taken
• throw
Considerations
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Driving maul
Non contested mauls
Delaying forming the lineout
Receiver entering