how about this?

[didds]

This allegedly happened in a mate's game many moons ago. I have no idea of any "real" answer so its open forum for opinions as much as anything!

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Old Scumbags 3rd XV are short of a prop so somebody in the 1st XV phones a mate... a large, chunky bloke eventually arrives claiming to have played front row for london Welsh 12th XV 9 years ago.

Out on the pitch they go. The game commences, with the Old Scumbags 1st XV game happening on the pitch adjacebnt, a mere 5m or so between the touchlines.

Early in the game, both matches are being played in effect within yards of each other, when a fight breaks out in the 1st XV match... involving the player that phoned for his chum.

Lardyy Boy seeing his chum under duress next door wanders over onto the 1st team and clobbers his assailant. the 1st team match referee sees this act of violence occur within inches of his own nose, and seeing a home team shirt dismisses the lardy one, unaware that he isn;t per se partt of "his" match.

Lardy Boy saunters back onto the 3rd team pitch, and takes up his position at the lineout that had been about to start before he adminstered his own justice. Ref looked at him, scratched his head and said...

Well, I haven't dismissed you from THIS game, so I guess you can play on.


Over to you chaps!

didds

 

[Davet]

Well, I haven't dismissed you from THIS game, so I guess you can play on.


Over to you chaps!

didds

I think my comment would be more along the lines of "That must be a record - sent off from two separate games in the space of 1 minute. Goodbye"

As far as legal justification then Law 10 has its equivalent of the old military catch all - Conduct Unbecoming.

 

[Robert Burns]

I agree fully with Davet, just because it's not on the field of play makes no difference, he's still a player under your control and so should be red carded.

 

[Account Deleted]

It must be a Red Card!

 

[SimonSmith]

It must be a Red Card!

Referee is in control of the playing area. Stop the game; inform t'other referee what happened, and get him to dismiss the guy from the playing area altogether. Problem for second referee therefore avoided!

In seriousness - don't let him back on the pitch. I'm writing this without checking the law book, but isn't there some clause about only rejoining the game with the referee's permission if you have left it for any reason?

 

[Plod]

Referee is in control of the playing area. Stop the game; inform t'other referee what happened, and get him to dismiss the guy from the playing area altogether. Problem for second referee therefore avoided!

In seriousness - don't let him back on the pitch. I'm writing this without checking the law book, but isn't there some clause about only rejoining the game with the referee's permission if you have left it for any reason?

He has to go. Gross misconduct, bringing the game into disrepute, leaving the playing enclosure without authority, the list is endless, striking an opponent, opponent is not literally defined, but once he strikes another player does that 'victim' becomne an opponent? Irrelevant really let the disciplinary body sort it out should you be so unfortunate for it to happen to you.