At the edge of the yard, two little girls are slapping a bright-yellow ball around a silver pole.
The midfielder was shown a first yellow for kicking the ball away and then received his marching orders for a second-half foul on George Boyd.
Worse was to follow when Botha was shown yellow for slowing down the ball in the tackle.
Plows and shovels were used to clear the penalty areas, center circle and midfield stripe as snow got heavier, and a yellow-and-purple ball was used.
Friedhelm Funkel's side were reduced to 10 men when midfielder Gojko Kacar was shown a second yellow card for throwing the ball away, having been penalised for a foul.
Van Gisbergen's penalty edged Wasps ahead, but Josh Lewsey's yellow card for killing the ball handed the initiative back to Northampton and a Reihana kick sent Saints into half-time with a narrow lead.
When the referee awarded AFC Blackpool a free-kick on the edge of the Darwen penalty area, Martin Parker was shown a second yellow card for throwing the ball down and voicing his displeasure at the decision.
Australia needed to start the second half well to have any chance of getting back into it, but when Mitchell was shown a second yellow card for holding on to the ball, his side's slim hopes all-but evaporated.
Priestland missed the conversion, but sealed the Scarlets' 18-16 win moments later with a penalty after Sean O'Brien was yellow-carded for holding on to the ball.
She slapped her right thigh with her glove as the yellow softball rocketed toward a teammate catching the ball, which is bad news for the opposition in China.
And, although MacLeod could not add the extras, Saints then had Clark sin-binned in the 59th minute for obstruction before Dowson was shown a yellow card three minutes later for kicking the ball away to leave the home side facing 13 men.
Federico Pucciariello and Matt McCullough were yellow-carded after an off-the-ball clash and Kieron Dawson was sin-binned minutes later as Ulster were reduced to 13 men.
Four minutes later, Halliche was harshly adjudged by the referee to have fouled Egypt keeper Essam El Hadary as he went for a Balhadj ball, and picked up his first yellow card.
Nade received his second yellow card on 73 minutes at Ibrox for kicking the ball away after the referee's whistled had blown for an offside decision.
McFadden, who will miss the Netherlands after picking up a yellow card, wriggled through a succession of challenges to somehow fire the ball across goal but neither Miller or Steven Fletcher could capitalise.
Giuly was unlucky to be sent off in the 62nd minute after tussling for the ball with Alves, while Zambrotta was sent off for collecting two yellow cards inside a minute in the 76th minute.
Leinster suffered a blow 10 minutes before half-time when lock Leo Cullen received a yellow card for taking out a support player as Scott Morgan gathered a lineout ball but Dragons were unable to make their numerical advantage count.
Substitute Swanson picked up two yellow cards within 16 minutes of coming on, the second for a needless hand ball.
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The Ospreys cause was not helped by the sin-binning of Byrne on 58 minutes, who saw yellow for a deliberate knock-on as Jackson burst through the defence and passed the ball wide.
Midway through the first half Davis was booked for a foul on Andrej Komac and referee Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez had his yellow card out soon afterwards to caution Lafferty and Bostjan Cesar after an off-the-ball incident at a free-kick.
Kalifa Cisse was issued a yellow card in the 19th minute after he was forced to foul Akpan, who took the ball from Cisse on a poor pass and nearly went alone on goal before Shuttleworth raced off his line to stop the opportunity.
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