I was AR in a game recently, a few levels above my reffing level.
Red 14 had the ball inside the blue 22 and kicked ahead down the touchline, red 15 jumps to block the kick and deliberately IMO moves his body (leg) to impede Red 14 who goes to ground.
I flag the incident and look back to conform the blue number, red pick up the ball and go over for a try.
Blue complain that ball was in touch , when I looked back it was in the field of play.
Ref blows whistle and discusses, hes happy that its not a pen and even if it was we play advantage and red scored a try.
Blue are insisting that the ball went out of play. Neither I or the ref have seen this, the crowd are of the same opinion.
My question is , should I have concentrated on the ball or the potential foul play or was it just one of those things that you simply cant be watching two things at once.
Red 14 had the ball inside the blue 22 and kicked ahead down the touchline, red 15 jumps to block the kick and deliberately IMO moves his body (leg) to impede Red 14 who goes to ground.
I flag the incident and look back to conform the blue number, red pick up the ball and go over for a try.
Blue complain that ball was in touch , when I looked back it was in the field of play.
Ref blows whistle and discusses, hes happy that its not a pen and even if it was we play advantage and red scored a try.
Blue are insisting that the ball went out of play. Neither I or the ref have seen this, the crowd are of the same opinion.
My question is , should I have concentrated on the ball or the potential foul play or was it just one of those things that you simply cant be watching two things at once.