No

The ball was kicked off and no one touched it.
The ball was in the air over the touchline - the ball is still live.
The Cats player jumped with his feet off the ground out of play and palmed it towards the field - the ball is still live.
The ball never made it back into the field of play, it bounced out of play after being made dead by the Cats player.
Scrum Saints.

A top tip from the wise, before calling someone a fecktard get your facts straigh or you end up looking like one

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 0_05_2009/ 1:33:10 is when the incident occurs. I still think the ball is miles over the touchline.. and whether he's in the air or not.. the ball is dead. Needs clearing up anyway! Not the best of rules, but I have seen it admittingly when a kick is out on the full and the player steps over the sideline and catches it. Iffy decision to make though.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 0_05_2009/ 1:33:10 is when the incident occurs. I still think the ball is miles over the touchline.. and whether he's in the air or not.. the ball is dead. Needs clearing up anyway! Not the best of rules, but I have seen it admittingly when a kick is out on the full and the player steps over the sideline and catches it. Iffy decision to make though.

How can it be live, it is outside the field of play. That is the equivalent of kicking for touch, crossing the line, then somebody batting it back in the field of play, whilst stood outside the pitch.

I agree, it is quite daft.

Still not as bad as these 'knock-ons' every time the ball hits the deck and the ridiculous amount of un-noticed forward passes.

Because it hadnt touched the ground. Had the Catalans player managed to palm that ball back in without either himself or the ball touching the ground outside of the field of play then it would have been play on.

it was still live because it doesn't touch the floor, and pelo jumped from the field of play, correct decision

which you can do providing your feet are both off the ground when you touch the ball

The ball doesn't have to touch the ground outside the pitch to be out of play.

Of course it does. What about the Gasnier try that Ingliss jumped over the dead ball line with and flicked back?

I saw Lyon do the same for us but at the touchline after Long had put a kick in that was going dead and he flicked it back to Gardner while out of the field of play in mid air.

Thems the rules.

unfortunately I agree with the Fecktard on this it was a saints Scrum...

and didnt the Catalan Centre have a go at Pelo for doing such a stupid thing in the first place...

Monkey Man thought it wasnt so you cant have agreed with him