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# Pass

When a player throws the ball to another player (not including passes down to the scrum-half in lineouts).

A pass is the deliberate transfer of the ball from one player to another on the same team, using the hands, without the ball travelling forward.

## Notes

* A backward tap to a teammate counts as a pass.
* A quick throw-in where no lineout is formed counts as a pass.
* A pass differs from an offload: an offload happens while the passer is being tackled or going to ground; a pass is a clean transfer without contact.