How are they likely to get any advantage if they are going backwards and ending up further from the gain line in a worse position?
How can you describe that as attacking promisingly? You are risking playing advantage for so long that you can't go back!
Well, I think we all agree that this situation is pretty rare. But we are discussing what to do when it does happen.
In my reffing career I can recall only ONCE been asked by a captain, please could they have the sanction for the other offence, please.
It was unusual enough that I posted about it here.
The other example we have (above) was considered interesting enough for someone to put on youtube.
So 99% of the time it's obvious to everyone when advantage is over, and which offence (of two) you are going to give the sanction for. The questions were
- is is always the first one, or doe the ref use hi judgement and apply the best one
- if the players prefer the other one, can you give them that.