frenchie851
Referees in England
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Blue player takes penalty quickly. Pink player (at a breakdown and inline with the mark) follows the ball carrier and ensures that the ball carrier travels 10 meters and then tackles the ball carrier.
Law 20.
.Even if the penalty or free-kick is taken quickly and the kicker’s team is playing the ball, opposing players must keep retreating the necessary distance. They may not take part in the game until they have done so.
.If it is taken so quickly that opponents have no opportunity to retreat, they will not be sanctioned for this. However, they may not take part in the game until they have retreated 10 metres from the mark or until a team-mate who was 10 metres from the mark has moved in front of them.
So what's the decision? The player that made the tackle was actually 'counting out loud' the 10 meters as the ball carrier was running.
I think it could be interpreted that the tackler has retreated 10 meters from the mark? "they may not take part in the game until they have retreated 10 metres from the mark".
Does it make a difference that the tackler tackled the ball carrier from behind?
Law 20.
.Even if the penalty or free-kick is taken quickly and the kicker’s team is playing the ball, opposing players must keep retreating the necessary distance. They may not take part in the game until they have done so.
.If it is taken so quickly that opponents have no opportunity to retreat, they will not be sanctioned for this. However, they may not take part in the game until they have retreated 10 metres from the mark or until a team-mate who was 10 metres from the mark has moved in front of them.
So what's the decision? The player that made the tackle was actually 'counting out loud' the 10 meters as the ball carrier was running.
I think it could be interpreted that the tackler has retreated 10 meters from the mark? "they may not take part in the game until they have retreated 10 metres from the mark".
Does it make a difference that the tackler tackled the ball carrier from behind?