NCRFU Directive

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The referee must report the name and offense of all players sin-binned (yellow card) and all players sent off (red card) to the NCRFU President, John Coppinger, within 48 hours. The referee must also record on the match card the player and offense.

Only yellow cards that are issued for dangerous play/violence will count towards the NCRFU two-yellows-equals-a-red total and the player gets a 15-day suspension. This means that the referee needs to list on the match card what all yellow cards were given for. There is not a dedicated space on the cards for this but he can write it in.

TWO YELLOWS IN THE SAME MATCH IS STILL, AS ALWAYS, THE SAME AS A RED AND THE PLAYER MUST BE SENT OFF. See Law 10(3), page 92 in the 2000-2001 USA Law Book.

For example, if a player is sent to the sin bin for repeated infringement, not back ten, and then he does it again, he is off. What has changed in Northern California is that if a player is sent to the sin bin for not back ten one week and then gets sent to the sin bin the next week for a professional foul, this does NOT equal a red card and the NCRFU Disciplinary Committee will not direct a 15-day suspension for the player.

This is why we need to include the nature of the sin bin offense on the match report card and the email to the NCRFU President.

This date was last updated on 10/07/04