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[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by just another ref

a couple of times on a throw-in I saw a player hold out his fist and let the ball gently strike it, to then be picked up by the thrower after stepping in bounds.

I agree with you -- this is not the situation where a violation should be called. In your shoes, I would not have called it either. I have called it exactly one time, and it was because the player took a full swing at the ball, trying to hit it out of a scrum.

I don't even see it anymore, to be honest. It just doesn't happen with the experienced players that I've encountered.