
Originally Posted by
Ian_Cook
Last night, I asked a friend of mine who is a referee at Provincial Level.
Rather than ask him what the correct decision is, I asked him what HE would do given that situation and had him make a immediate decision, just as he would have to in a game.
He said he would award a PK to the attacking team on the 5m line opposite the place of infringement.
Then I asked him to justify it.
His take is that 22.8 is "off the board", because the foul play takes precedence. He would treat it simply at as foul play in-goal (Law 22.16) and he said the first sentence of that Law is the important one.....
22.16 INFRINGEMENTS IN IN-GOAL
All infringements in the in-goal are treated as if they had taken place in the field of play. A knock-on or a throw forward in the in-goal results in a 5-metre scrum, opposite the place of infringement.
Sanction: For an infringement, the mark for a penalty kick or free kick cannot be in the in goal. When a penalty kick or free kick is awarded for an infringement in the In-goal, the mark for the kick is in the field of play, 5 metres from the goal line, opposite the place of infringement.
That was my initial way of thinking. We discussed in another thread that the PK should be in the most favourable location for the non-offending team (the thread about the winger way over the other side of the ground being in front of his team mate who kicks ahead).
I believe it is only fair to award the PK on the 5m line.