Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
Just a little rider to point 1. The quick throw can only be taken if no one else touches the ball between it entering touch and the player throwing it to a team mate. That means literally anyone, not just another player. It is why you see home team ball boys rushing to get the ball to 'help'. In reality he is stopping that quick throw.
It's one of the reasons why you don't see it too often.
There was that famous occasion when Wales won, might even have secured a GS, when the ref didn’t realise the ball boy had given it to Mike Phillips (I think)!