Assertion: rugby's player | /r/CapableOf | catch the ball
Facets:
value: from an opponents
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: anywhere on the field
type: LOCATION
value: directly
type: MANNER
value: on the fly
type: MANNER
value: for a third time in succession
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The players may use their hands and catch the ball, throw it laterally or backward, or run with it.
text: A linesman or umpire is not permitted to inform the referee of technical fouls such as a "third time in the hand", where a player catches the ball for a third time in succession after soloing or an illegal pick up of the ball.
text: A rematch was played at Princeton a week later under Princeton's own set of rules (one notable difference was the awarding of a "free kick" to any player that caught the ball on the fly, which was a feature adopted from the Football Association's rules; the fair catch kick rule has survived through to modern American game).
text: In 1918, the rules on eligible receivers were loosened to allow eligible players to catch the ball anywhere on the field—previously strict rules were in place only allowing passes to certain areas of the field.
text: When William Webb Ellis was a pupil there if a player caught the ball directly from an opponents kick he was allowed to kick at goal.