Airborn Shooter

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Almost Always Right
I can understand your point however, I said it was a SIMILAR play, not IDENTICAL. The shooter is still in the air and still in the act of shooting, what does it matter if he bobbles, it gets knocked out of his hands or if he switches hands.

The difference is that the shooter bobbling the ball or switching hands without a defender touching the ball does not end a try. A defender knocking the ball out of a shooter's hands during a try, and the shooter then grabbing or touching the ball again does end that try. The rules to back those statements up have already been cited.

That's why the plays aren't similar or identical.