Cautions for unsporting behaviour
The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.
There are different circumstances when a player must be cautioned for unsporting behaviour, including if a player:
· attempts to deceive the referee, e.g. by feigning injury or pretending to have been fouled (simulation)
Verdicts that turn on it 3
Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.
Explained in the rules library 4
The plain-language pages that build on this provision.
Applied in these incidents 2
Real decisions where this clause decided what should have happened.
Questions that ask it 5
Points in a walk where the reader is deciding this provision.
- Did a player deceive the referee by simulating contact or a foul that did not happen?foul-sanction
- Did the player exaggerate it to make the referee think they were fouled?foul-sanction
- Was there any contact from an opponent?misconduct
- Did the player exaggerate the contact, or its effect, to invent an offence?misconduct
- Did the player claim a foul, by appealing for one or by going down as though fouled?misconduct
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