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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
You're misreading 4.44.3A(c). The ball never left A's hands in this play.
A jumps for a try. While A is holding the ball, B touches it, but so lightly that it doesn't affect A's ability to release the ball. A doesn't release the ball, but returns to the floor still holding the ball.
IF that's what you judge, then it's a travel.
I agree with that, but I will judge that the contact prevented the release in most situations.
You seem to think the play is: A jumps to try for goal and releases the ball. B bats the ball back to A who catches the ball and returns to the floor.
I agree that this is a legal play, but it's not the play that's in the case book.
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Thanks, Bob, that's exactly how I was reading it. In re-reading it now I see that B1 touches the ball while A1 is still holding it - that's what all four pieces of the situation address.
Thanks for the clarification, and I agree that it's going to have to be a pretty clear situation for me not to call a held ball.