beckett50
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Just putting this one out there to get some other view points.
Had an incident on Saturday that is still causing me to "hum and hah" and wonder if I did the right thing.
Some background to the match.
10 PK in the 1st half and one YC (issued to Gold 5 for pulling down a maul on the 5m line at 12:17).
White attacking on their left flank and play is between the 15m and touch line, in a broken play scenario.
White #14 is part tackled on half-way by Gold player and puts a foot in touch then passes out of the tackle and the ball is caught by White #15 who is then then tackled by the 6'9" Gold #5 and the tackle is round the neck. All fine and dandy in that on this scenario it is PK and possible YC to the Gold player - and being the 2nd YC makes it into :norc:
However, we were already out of time and when the White player had put his foot into touch I was raising the whistle to my mouth to signal end of half simultaneously to the tackle occurring. :sad:
It made for an interesting post-match conversation with the assessor who understood my thought process and the decision that I reached.
Thoughts from my learned colleagues, before I give my account of my decision.
Had an incident on Saturday that is still causing me to "hum and hah" and wonder if I did the right thing.
Some background to the match.
10 PK in the 1st half and one YC (issued to Gold 5 for pulling down a maul on the 5m line at 12:17).
White attacking on their left flank and play is between the 15m and touch line, in a broken play scenario.
White #14 is part tackled on half-way by Gold player and puts a foot in touch then passes out of the tackle and the ball is caught by White #15 who is then then tackled by the 6'9" Gold #5 and the tackle is round the neck. All fine and dandy in that on this scenario it is PK and possible YC to the Gold player - and being the 2nd YC makes it into :norc:
However, we were already out of time and when the White player had put his foot into touch I was raising the whistle to my mouth to signal end of half simultaneously to the tackle occurring. :sad:
It made for an interesting post-match conversation with the assessor who understood my thought process and the decision that I reached.
Thoughts from my learned colleagues, before I give my account of my decision.