Flish
Referees in England
Not something that happened, but the question was asked on todays appointment as happened at end of the teams prior fixture.
Time is over, penalty awarded, kick for touch, so we're allowed to give them time for the line out (doesn't matter which team, just that we have a line out in over time). Throw is in, caught, non catching team don't contest to form a maul, catching team don't twig and pass the ball back as per maul drill. At this point we're supposed to call 'use it now', but they don't, so ping them for accidental offside - scrum defending team put in.
Except, time is over, so match over (assuming that we've communicated that time is up at least!). Seems unfair that a team can infringe (through a conscious action as opposed to an accidental knock on etc) to end the game, but unless I'm missing something, that's just how it is?
Time is over, penalty awarded, kick for touch, so we're allowed to give them time for the line out (doesn't matter which team, just that we have a line out in over time). Throw is in, caught, non catching team don't contest to form a maul, catching team don't twig and pass the ball back as per maul drill. At this point we're supposed to call 'use it now', but they don't, so ping them for accidental offside - scrum defending team put in.
Except, time is over, so match over (assuming that we've communicated that time is up at least!). Seems unfair that a team can infringe (through a conscious action as opposed to an accidental knock on etc) to end the game, but unless I'm missing something, that's just how it is?