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Rugby World Cup 2015
Nigel Owens to referee the RWC Final
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 766713" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>The convention is that some part of the ball has to be on the centreline.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98915197/RugbyRefs/ScrumThrowIn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Some "back of the envelope" triginomentry tells us that the ball can be fed up to about 8° squint and still be considered straight.</p><p></p><p>[TEXTAREA]Law 20.6 (b) The scrum half must hold the ball with both hands, with its major axis parallel to the ground</p><p>and to the touchline over the middle line between the front rows, mid-way between knee</p><p>and ankle.[/TEXTAREA]</p><p></p><p>Clever scrumhalves know how to deliver the ball in such a way that it will bounce slightly towards his own side. They do this by dropping their left hand slightly on release so that the ball lands more towards the point of the ball on the left, resulting in it taking a slight bounce to the right. It takes a lot of practise to get this right and it is very difficult, if not impossibe to detect because the scrumhalf only drops his hand at the last moment before release. You can liken it to watching (at normal speed) a good blackjack dealer dealing "seconds"; no matter how closely you watch his hands you cannot see him doing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 766713, member: 20605"] The convention is that some part of the ball has to be on the centreline. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98915197/RugbyRefs/ScrumThrowIn.jpg[/IMG] Some "back of the envelope" triginomentry tells us that the ball can be fed up to about 8° squint and still be considered straight. [TEXTAREA]Law 20.6 (b) The scrum half must hold the ball with both hands, with its major axis parallel to the ground and to the touchline over the middle line between the front rows, mid-way between knee and ankle.[/TEXTAREA] Clever scrumhalves know how to deliver the ball in such a way that it will bounce slightly towards his own side. They do this by dropping their left hand slightly on release so that the ball lands more towards the point of the ball on the left, resulting in it taking a slight bounce to the right. It takes a lot of practise to get this right and it is very difficult, if not impossibe to detect because the scrumhalf only drops his hand at the last moment before release. You can liken it to watching (at normal speed) a good blackjack dealer dealing "seconds"; no matter how closely you watch his hands you cannot see him doing it. [/QUOTE]
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