Quote Originally Posted by early_to_the_match View Post
Not according to the judiciary. And certainly the distance and the world record speed is growing with the telling. Players from both sides came in, but that does not mean an offence was committed. Only obvious offence was the tackle, and only obvious error was the red card as confirmed by the judiciary.
The distance hasn't changed. The only one that ran in and raised his hand was the player. That's why the Jaffas player fell down because he knew to milk it to draw the red card. Had he not run half a field to join in (and certainly had he not raised his hand) then it wouldn't have happened, that's on the player for getting involved, no one else.

The judiciary had the benefit of watching a video and from a different angle a benefit the ref doesn't have. Perhaps we need a NPL bunker where play can be stopped and footage can be replayed so a decision can be made.