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Fending after quick tap penalty

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anbocmorrua


Referees in England
What would you do here? Try? No try? Penalty against Red?

Scenario. U16s girls cup match. Red awarded penalty at Blue's 22. Red player takes quick tap penalty and charges towards the try line. Blue players have not yet retreated 10.

Referee advises Blue that they're offside so blue players don't attempt to interfere with the Red ball carrier. IMO they're passive.

Red player then proceeds to make sure of her passage by fending every Blue player in her way. Red crosses the line and a try is awarded.
 
its U16s girls rugby so it wouldnt go any firther than that (its a try IMO) but in other grades of rugby that try scorer may find themselves targeted by a LOT of blue ball carriers with HEAVY handoffs just to make the point.
 
anbocmorrua said:
What would you do here? Try? No try? Penalty against Red?

Scenario. U16s girls cup match. Red awarded penalty at Blue's 22. Red player takes quick tap penalty and charges towards the try line. Blue players have not yet retreated 10.

Referee advises Blue that they're offside so blue players don't attempt to interfere with the Red ball carrier. IMO they're passive.

Red player then proceeds to make sure of her passage by fending every Blue player in her way. Red crosses the line and a try is awarded.
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That's the bit I am wondering about ..how was this 'advice' delivered ? And was it delivered too quickly ?

blue are only liable for sanction if they interfere with play, which it seems they didn't, so there was no need for the referee to deliver any advice ?

Also, if red take a quick tap and ball carrier deliberately runs at, and deliberately makes contact with an offside blue player (as seems to happen here) then very likely I wouldn't be penalising blue anyway.

I wonder if the ref in part invited this situation by giving too early and too enthusiastic advice ?
 
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