2. Dropped ball
The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.
· If, when play was stopped:
Verdicts that turn on it 6
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- Dropped for the defending team's goalkeeperball-in-play
- Dropped at the ball's position when play was stoppedball-in-play
- Dropped ball: the ball became defective in open playball-in-play
- Dropped for one player of the team that would have had possessionball-in-play
- Dropped for one player of the team that last touched itball-in-play
- Dropped where the interference or contact happenedball-in-play
Applied in these incidents 1
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Changed for 2026/27 1
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Questions that ask it 4
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