Doubt over grounding

Hi 

Watching a club game yesterday, an attacking player kicked the ball over the opposition's try line. He and a defending player both placed their hands on the ball. In the opinion of the referee both players had placed their hands on the ball simultaneously and therefore he felt he couldn't award a try. How should the game have been restarted? Thanks 

Steve

Hi Steve

This is covered by Law  21.17 The correct restart would be a 5m attacking scrum.

DOUBT ABOUT GROUNDING

21.17. If there is doubt about which team first grounded the ball in in-goal, play is restarted with a five-metre scrum, in line with the place where the ball was grounded. The attacking team throws in

Thanks for a great question.

The Rugby Ref 

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