Very competitive high school senior game, Blue vs White. The score is 28-24 for White. White is penalized for side entry into the ruck, inside the Blue 22.
Blue asks for the time and after a quick look at the watch I see it is less than a minute left and say "Less than a minute". The actual time was likely 40-30 seconds left. I am concerned with setting the mark and making sure white gets back 10m, expecting that Blue is going to tap and go.
Blue takes a while to decide whether they are going to run it or kick for touch and try and win a lineout. In the time they take to do this, time expires and they kick for touch. I look at my watch and see we are over time and blow the whistle for the end of the game.
Obviously Blue isn't happy, and insist that I must tell them it's the last play of the game. If they had kicked for touch fairly quickly there would have been time for the lineout.
Thoughts? Are we required to give the teams an indication that they likely only have time to run one play? Do we have to give the time to the second?
Blue asks for the time and after a quick look at the watch I see it is less than a minute left and say "Less than a minute". The actual time was likely 40-30 seconds left. I am concerned with setting the mark and making sure white gets back 10m, expecting that Blue is going to tap and go.
Blue takes a while to decide whether they are going to run it or kick for touch and try and win a lineout. In the time they take to do this, time expires and they kick for touch. I look at my watch and see we are over time and blow the whistle for the end of the game.
Obviously Blue isn't happy, and insist that I must tell them it's the last play of the game. If they had kicked for touch fairly quickly there would have been time for the lineout.
Thoughts? Are we required to give the teams an indication that they likely only have time to run one play? Do we have to give the time to the second?
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