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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 1209594" data-attributes="member: 13739">Before agreeing with you, I&#039;m going to describe A different, but similar scenario (kind of):A player fumbles the ball into the corner flag or goal posts, then regathers the ball. The knock on definition only mentions the ground/other players, nothing about the corner flag or posts - so by your reasoning this isn&#039;t a knock on either?. Now the corner flag is no longer considered in touch and rebounds off the goal post is allowed, so if the player regathers the ball and scores, that&#039;s also fine? I&#039;d suggest most ref&#039;s would interpret the rules to determine a knock on had occurred.Back to the scenario being discussed though, I think you&#039;ve convinced me that I&#039;m wrong here. An unintentional kick isn&#039;t a kick, therefore if the kick subsequently hits the ground/another player, then it would be deemed a knock on - but as he regathers it before this, it can be deemed that the ball has just hit his leg/foot and bounced back to his hands, therefore no knock-on has occurred.Would love to see a hypothetical scenario of player fumbles, kicks the ball into the post/crossbar, bounces back into his hands and player scores. Can&#039;t imagine many ref&#039;s would just wave play on <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 1209594, member: 13739"] Before agreeing with you, I'm going to describe A different, but similar scenario (kind of): A player fumbles the ball into the corner flag or goal posts, then regathers the ball. The knock on definition only mentions the ground/other players, nothing about the corner flag or posts - so by your reasoning this isn't a knock on either?. Now the corner flag is no longer considered in touch and rebounds off the goal post is allowed, so if the player regathers the ball and scores, that's also fine? I'd suggest most ref's would interpret the rules to determine a knock on had occurred. Back to the scenario being discussed though, I think you've convinced me that I'm wrong here. An unintentional kick isn't a kick, therefore if the kick subsequently hits the ground/another player, then it would be deemed a knock on - but as he regathers it before this, it can be deemed that the ball has just hit his leg/foot and bounced back to his hands, therefore no knock-on has occurred. Would love to see a hypothetical scenario of player fumbles, kicks the ball into the post/crossbar, bounces back into his hands and player scores. Can't imagine many ref's would just wave play on ;) [/QUOTE]

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