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Old Sun Aug 03, 2003, 10:42pm
Malcolm Tucker Malcolm Tucker is offline
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There are many instances where the manual does not give a solution and by instinct a good official knows what is the important thing to do.

You never leave opposing players without at least one set of eyes on them and especially when there has been a contest for the ball as described as almost certainly there will be some one who feels aggrieved.

Your role changed from trail to lead and eventually back to trail an as the trail official you should have stayed with the players OOB. The other two officals realising that you were out of the main play could have monentarily treated it as a two man situation until you could have rejoined the main play. This may have been less than ten seconds and the shove may only have needed a stern warning or maybe not but you have to see it to decide.
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