Clubs sent sin bin reminder following Manly Sea Eagles debacle
CLUBS have been reminded of their time keeping responsibilities following last Saturday’s sin bin debacle between Manly and Melbourne.
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CLUBS have been reminded of their time keeping responsibilities following last Saturday’s sin bin debacle between Manly and Melbourne.
The NRL’s ground manager erred by allowing two Manly players to return more than one minute before their 10 minute sin-binning had ended. But the responsibility is supposed to be on the clubs to keep the time.
This prompted NRL head of football Brian Canavan to write to all clubs on Tuesday to remind them of their obligations regarding the policing of sin-bins.
“Currently, the responsibility of timing for sin bins is held by the Clubs,” Canavan wrote in the letter obtained by the Sunday Telegraph. “Visiting clubs must nominate their personnel for timing of “temporary suspensions” and make themselves known to the home club nominee and NRL ground manager prior to the start of the match.
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“If a visiting club does not nominate anyone for this purpose they must accept the timing of the home team sin bin operators.
“Operators must be provided with time pieces displaying minutes and seconds by their clubs.”
Canavan said the NRL would review its sin bin operations at the end of the season. Clubs were also warned that referees had been instructed to communicate a warning or caution for repeated infringements to team captains more efficiently to minimise the delay in restarting play.
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