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A rugby lineout throw must be straight

Both teams form two lines and jump for the ball between the 5-metre lines The thrower stands in touch and must send the ball straight down the middle of the gap between the two lines. If it is crooked, the other team can choose a lineout or a scrum. Teams lift jumpers to reach higher, and the number of players in the line can vary. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Both teams form two lines and jump for the ball between the 5-metre lines. The figure is taken from World Rugby, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.