Traveled out to Ithaca, NY for an awesome day of rugby. Beautiful weather, great setting, and two teams ready to run hard.
Overall, I thought the game went well but I question a few of the calls I made.
Accidental Obstruction v. Full Penalty Obstruction
A stupid LATERAL kick, almost offside. Followed up with a kick downfield I thought it went out much sooner than the touch judge and overruled him. Looking back, he did have the better view, I should have let him go....but I think I may have been concerned by the kick offsides I wasn't in the position to be sure of.
Yellow card for repeated infringements - illegal zone entry. I had told the Colgate side again and again, captain understood the infringement, but struggled to explain it to his teammates. I had 3 illegal zone entries early in the game, warned the captain, and it went away. Midway through the second half they began happening again (defending on 22). Again, 2 penalties then told the captain. Another illegal zone entry followed. In hindsight, maybe it was marginal, but the players number was 19, and he was the most perpendicular to the sideline entering the ruck...to the bin he went. Cornell had already came back into the game befor ehte yellow card, and did not score again until after the player returned to the game, so it had no effect.
I also carded a cornell player for diving straight down ont he player...dangerous foul play...last minute of the game. Needed to do so? maybe he learned.
I also did not feel very fit for the game. Most Crossfit workouts are 20-30 minutes. At the 20-30 minute mark today, I felt my fitness catching up to me. Maybe some modifications need to be made to my training.
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