What The Hell Was That For?

[Refabit]

"Clean" relates to the catch only. The Definitions also state that the kick must be "direct from an opponent's kick."

"Direct" is not defined in the laws but the lineout laws Definitions indicate that a ball kicked directly into touch is NOT one touched by a player in the field of play after the kick.

Therefore you were probably thinking of the word "direct" and not "clean".

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Lee "direct" may also mean not touching the ground.
Otherwise next time my opponent grubbers the ball into my 22 & I catch it cleanly I am going to just call "mark" and see what happens.

 

[elementfreak]

I thought a maul required two or more players from each side - so a single player sacking the guy as soon as he hits the ground is fine, but if a second player from the defending side joins in then it's a maul.

Not quite right, it takes 1 defender and 2 attackers joined together to form a maul.