Substitution and Sub Box 12 Sample Clauses

Substitution and Sub Box 12. 3.1 All interchanges must occur at or within the team's interchange area, and only after the substituted player has crossed the boundaries and entered the Interchange area. All interchanges must be made on one side of the field and without delay. Physical contact is not necessary between interchanging players. Players leaving or entering the field shall not hinder or obstruct play and must enter from an onside position. Following the scoring of a touchdown whilst the play is dead, players may interchange at will without having to wait for the substituted player to enter the interchange area. RULING - A penalty awarded to the non-offending team five (5) metres infield from where the substituted players left the field or where the substituting player entered the field whichever is the greater advantage. 12.3.2 The only personnel allowed in the Sub Box will be the fourteen (14) players participating in the game the Coach, Assistant Coach and Manager that are nominated on the Registration Sheet. That is a maximum of seventeen (17) people (This includes those players partaking on the field). Authorisation from NSWTA tournament control must be gained prior to the event for any other person(s) to be in the sub box area (includes extra officials such as a certified medical professional). N.B Any player found to have left the sub box to become involved in a melee, brawl or fight may be dealt with in the following way. If in the referees view a player/s or official/s leaving the sub box engages in illegal play that would under normal circumstance of general game play warrant being sent off, they should do so. This will incur a minimum four (4) match suspension on top of any further suspension handed down by the judiciary. If in the referees view a player/s or official/s leaving the sub box engages in activities that would not under normal circumstance of general game play warrant being sent off, they should: • Record the number of the player(s) leaving the sub box to become involved in a melee or brawl or fight, • Advise the captain that they will report those players to NSWTA • File a report at the end of the game noting those players for the NSWTA to take action The action of leaving the sub box to become involved in a melee or brawl or fight will be an automatic 4 match suspension.