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Originally posted by Snaqwells
in the following sequence:
1. shot released by A1, an airborne shooter.
2. horn
3. illegal contact by B1 on the airborne shooter.
4. shooter lands
This is a shooting foul. Don't we still have to protect the shooter here? Isn't he (or she) protected until landing, even if the horn has sounded. For one, the ball isn't dead until the try ends.
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Snaqwells,
In your given sequence it is obviously a foul, but that is not what is being discussed.
The sequence is:
1. A1 starts his try and jumps into the air
2. HORN sounds
3. A1 releases the ball
4. B1 contacts A1 before A1 lands
As you can see this situation is different. Since the ball is still in A1's hands when the horn sounds, the try ends at that point and the ball is dead. 6-7
The contact is also NOT a foul despite what is stated in 4-19-1 NOTE.
This is because the try ended before the release, so A1 never became an airborne shooter because the definition of that term (4-1-1) includes "a player who has released the ball on a try for goal" and that didn't happen here.
Bottom line: no try released = no airborne shooter = no foul, unless intentional or flagrant