Identify which contact delivered the ball
For a direct throw-in, the receiving attacker’s position does not create the ordinary offside offence described for a teammate pass. That is a specific restart exception, not a general rule that the touchline cancels offside.
A replay viewer should therefore identify the actual restart and contacts before judging the receiving position. A zoomed shot of the attacker alone can omit whether the ball came directly from the throw or after another teammate touched it.
An original two-step sequence
Imagine A throws directly to B near the attacking end. B then passes to C. The direct-reception exception concerns B’s reception of the throw; C’s position for the new teammate pass must be assessed under the relevant ordinary rules.
These are fictional labels, not a ruling on a real incident. Involvement, opponent actions and the complete Law 11 provisions still matter. The example isolates why “it started from a throw-in”does not settle every later contact.
Goal kicks and corners have their own direct exception
The law lists all three restarts. Do not add direct free kicks to the list by analogy. A familiar set-piece shape does not establish the same offside treatment. Use the actual restart type and full sequence.
A ball also cannot simply be treated as a goal because there was no offside offence. Other goal and restart laws still apply. Absence of one offence is not proof that every other requirement for a goal was satisfied.
The law’s own throw-in example also shows that no offside offence does not by itself validate a goal directly from the throw. Other restart requirements remain relevant. Keep the complete sequence and official decision rather than turning one exception into a general scoring permission.
Recover the sequence before blaming the graphic
An analyst may freeze a later pass rather than the original throw. Those can be different legitimate reference moments, not inconsistent clocks or a changed law. Check the highlighted contact and player under assessment.
This article uses current IFAB Law 11 and a hypothetical sequence. It does not operate an official review system, judge an unseen incident, establish Canadian rights or claim IPTV Canada carriage. No physical playback test was performed.
Related questions
Does a throw-in exempt every later pass in the move?
No. A later teammate contact creates its own relevant assessment.
Are direct free kicks included in this same list?
Do not add them; the cited direct-reception exceptions are goal kick, throw-in and corner kick.
Sources and scope
Scope notes distinguish published documentation, supplied information and editorial methods. They do not report a hands-on service test.
- IFABcurrentLaw11 — Directrestart exceptions and ordinary teammate-contact framework
