ladbroke8745
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Good refereeing in the main.
Moxey red card? Harsh? Correct call? Came following an altercation between two players seconds earlier where one swung an elbow round on the other.
Just seen a free kick given where Northampton player brings the ball outside the Exeter area about 10 or so yards, and you can clearly see ref say leave the ball numerous times. They eventually leave it and Exeter take the kick from the spot the Northampton player leaves the ball. Ref sees it may of actually given Exeter and advantage and brings it back.
Personally I think if a player drags/kicks the ball away, if you're not going to caution them, then you deem the ball not to have been moved far from the kick either so play on.
The now defending team benefitted from delaying the kick (a quick kick maybe) by dragging it away and not even penalised whilst having a few more seconds to get back into position.
Moxey red card? Harsh? Correct call? Came following an altercation between two players seconds earlier where one swung an elbow round on the other.
Just seen a free kick given where Northampton player brings the ball outside the Exeter area about 10 or so yards, and you can clearly see ref say leave the ball numerous times. They eventually leave it and Exeter take the kick from the spot the Northampton player leaves the ball. Ref sees it may of actually given Exeter and advantage and brings it back.
Personally I think if a player drags/kicks the ball away, if you're not going to caution them, then you deem the ball not to have been moved far from the kick either so play on.
The now defending team benefitted from delaying the kick (a quick kick maybe) by dragging it away and not even penalised whilst having a few more seconds to get back into position.