chbg
Referees in England
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What about 6.a.5.d A ref gives permission to the players to leave the playing area.
While normally the hooker or person taking a QTI wouldn't need permission to leave the pitch, I would suggest that leaving the pitch in order to have the ball played to you in order to gain an advantage would come under this law.
Id be slow to encourage moves like this.
I've yet to see a player teetering on the edge of the Playing Area, desperately trying to retain balance to stay inside the white lines, because you haven't given them permission to go outside. Or a person failing to do so penalised.
Far too literal an interpretation of the Laws, with no Irony emoticon. I thought that our role was to enable play, not to stiffle unusual but safe plays. (Although I don't believe that many coaches without something to prove would waste time practising this.)