Surfing your own players
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:52 pm
This came up yesterday and really is a one in a million situation.
A mosh pit of players were crowded together in a corner of the pitch. Coach A throws a block onto the ball carrier. Because of the angle of attack and position of various players one of Coach A's own players was pushed off the pitch. This player did not have the ball. (Wasn't my match.)
A quick rummage in the book and we could not see if this was a turnover or not.
On this occasion I don't think it mattered as it was the last, or near last, action, but the question was raised.
It's not covered on page 7's list of turnovers and page 10's push backs section suggest a surfed player is not knocked down but is simply injured.
So is it a turnover? Am I missing something?
A mosh pit of players were crowded together in a corner of the pitch. Coach A throws a block onto the ball carrier. Because of the angle of attack and position of various players one of Coach A's own players was pushed off the pitch. This player did not have the ball. (Wasn't my match.)
A quick rummage in the book and we could not see if this was a turnover or not.
On this occasion I don't think it mattered as it was the last, or near last, action, but the question was raised.
It's not covered on page 7's list of turnovers and page 10's push backs section suggest a surfed player is not knocked down but is simply injured.
So is it a turnover? Am I missing something?