Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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It's you who doesn't know the rules.Genuinely astonished that this isn’t absolutely unanimous. It’s a stonewall penalty.
The ‘but he played the ball’ brigade clearly don’t know the rules.
NSC would be in absolute uproar if we weren’t given a penalty for that.
In instances where there's no suspicion of violent conduct then getting to the ball first absolutely is the determining factor in whether an offence has been committed.
What you're getting confused with is instances where someone uses excessive force or endangers an opponent. Then it doesn't matter if they've got the ball first. But there's no suggestion of that here