2. Offside offence
The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.
* ‘Deliberate play' (excluding deliberate handball) is when a player has control of the ball with the possibility of:
· clearing the ball (e.g. by kicking or heading it)
Explained in the rules library 1
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Questions that ask it 1
Points in a walk where the reader is deciding this provision.
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