Law 12: Fouls and MisconductWarning·Page 125, 2026/27 edition

Warning

The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.

The following offences should usually result in a warning; repeated or blatant offences should result in a caution or sending-off:
IFAB Laws of the Game 2026/27, page 125 · clause law-12-f993407f

Verdicts that turn on it 5

Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.

Applied in these incidents 1

Real decisions where this clause decided what should have happened.

Barbarez held onto the ball and then threw it at a United States player, and Law 12 prints both as sending-offsUnited States vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

Questions that ask it 2

Points in a walk where the reader is deciding this provision.

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