Foul Play
- Referees are reminded of recent circulars from the IRB regarding actions to be taken for dangerous tackles; these include the lifting tackle where a player is not brought to the ground safely and tackles around the head/neck region
- There is a trend of cleanouts at the breakdown involving a player being grabbed around the neck/head region and his neck/head being twisted as part of the clearout. This needs to be stopped immediately and penalised as dangerous foul play
- Referees are reminded that grabbing a player by pulling or holding by the head cap (head gear) is foul play and must be dealt with accordingly SEE CLIP 8.
CLIP 8. FOUL PLAY
ADDITIONAL NOTE: YELLOW CARDS
At the conference we were reminded that there were three types of yellow card incidents
- Cynical play SEE CLIP 9
- Repeated infringements
- Foul Play
CLIP 9. YELLOW CARD CYNICAL
