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Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP
Following a successful try by A, inbounder B2 passes the ball to B3, who is behind the endline. As B2 releases the pass to B3, A5 reaches through the plane of the boundary line and hits B2's wrist (enough of a hit to be called a common foul if B2 had been in bounds performing the same pass).
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Nice question.
The rule is quite specific about who needs to be fouled for this to be an intentional foul. All cases that I can find specify the thrower.
9-2-11
Penalties (Art. 11)
4. If an opponent(s) of the thrower reaches through the throw-in boundary-line plane and
fouls the thrower, an intentional personal foul shall be charged to the offender. No warning for delay required.
*10.3.11 SITUATION A: After a field goal, A1 has the ball out of bounds for a throw-in.
Thrower A1 holds the ball: (a) B2 crosses the boundary line and fouls A1; or (b) B2 reaches through the out-of-bounds plane and touches the ball while in the hands of A1. RULING: It is an intentional personal foul in (a), and a technical foul in (b). In (a), such a contact foul with the
thrower during a throw-in shall be considered intentional, or if it is violent, it should be ruled flagrant. COMMENT: Either act is a foul and it should be called whenever it occurs during a game without regard to time or score or whether the team had or had not been warned for a delay-of-game situation. If the player making the throw-in (A1) reaches through the out-of-bounds plane into the court and B1 then slaps the ball from the hand of A1, no violation has occurred. B1 has merely slapped a live ball from the hands of A1. (4-19-3, 4; 9-2-11 Penalty 3, 4)
*10.3.11 SITUATION C: Team A scores near the end of the fourth quarter and is trailing by one point. B1 has the ball and is moving along the end line
to make the throw-in. A2 steps out of bounds and fouls B1. Is the foul personal or technical? RULING: This is an intentional personal foul. The time remaining to be played or whether Team A had been previously warned for a delay-of-game situation is not a factor. If the team had not been warned, the foul constitutes the warning. (4-19-1; 9-2-11 Penalty 4)
Despite all of that, I believe that the spirit and intent of this ruling is to penalize the offender with an intentional personal foul for fouling a member of the throwing team who is legally out of bounds during the throw-in.
I would call an intentional personal foul, but your point about the nuance of the rule is noted.