Umpires Questions & Answers |
| 1) What are the rules on 'causing contact'? I would really like some clarity on what you can and cannot do when marking your opponent. Many thanks! Fiona |
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Please refer to rule 17.2 [i], [ii], - 'In an effort to attack or defend or to play the ball, a player SHALL NOT: [i] move into the path of an opponent who is committed to a particular landing space, [ii] position so closely that the player is unable to move without contacting'. You can mark your opponent close - but Are you causing the contact? It's up to the umpire to see is the intent there OR are they contesting (50/50). If this is happening what is the point in stopping the game for contact. It also depends on the level of the game being umpired. |
| 2) When the Umpire pulls me up for three feet as G/D in the goal third, as the G/A is about to shoot! Then she takes the shot! Then my G/K defends and she is also too close! Do we both stand by herside, or just my G/K as i aready waited for G/A to take her shot? Is that right fo me to get peanalised twice then? |
1st the umpire blew for the GD so there should have been a penalty in the goal third OR did the umpire play the advantage because the GA was shooting? in this case the GK only should have been penalised. |
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