Do not award an offside: let play continue, and then, when the ball is next out of play, show the defender a yellow card for deliberately remaining off the field of play without permission.
Do not award an offside: let playcontinue, and then, when the ball is next out ofplay, show thedefender a yellow cardfor deliberately remaining off the field of playwithout permission.
Young scrum-half Dave Lewis, playing just his second Premiership game, made the initial break after a well worked line-out and although his attempted long pass to Iain Balshaw drifted forward, the referee letplaycontinue.
Even if we assume most players would play knowing there is extreme risk, the better law says, give each player the information and let them make the decision whether to continue to play based on that information.