Dickie E
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Is that standard practice in your part of the world Dickie? I am under the impression that here we tend to mark it at the place it becomes material and not just where the player was when the ball was kicked.
I am not saying you are wrong but merely that we may have a difference in interpretation here.
Of course it may well be the same place most of the time, but not always. Retiring players etc.[/QUOTE]
[LAWS]4. An offside player may be penalised, if that player:
a. Interferes with play; or
b. Moves forwards towards the ball; or
c. Was in front of a team-mate who kicked the ball and fails to retire immediately to an imaginary line across the field 10 metres on that player’s side from where the ball is caught or lands, even if it hits a goal post or crossbar first. If this involves more than one player, then the player closest to where the ball lands or is caught is the one penalised. This is known as the 10-metre law and still applies if the ball touches or is played by an opponent but not when the kick is charged down.
Sanction: The non-offending team can choose either:i. Penalty at the place of infringement; or
ii. Scrum where the offending team last played the ball.[/LAWS]
If Red kick the ball on their own 10 metre line and a team mate (standing on halfway) starts to move forward, then, if the referee penalises the team mate, he would give the penalty on the halfway line. That is how we would do it here.