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Situation : Player is through on goal, takes shot, goalie throws his hurl at him and deflects the ball over the bar. What should happen here? Red card to the goalie? Penalty option? Happened at a match I was at at the weekend. Ref just awarded the point and play continued. Was that right? Surely the goalie should have been penalised in some way.... liam500 (Wicklow) - Posts: 197 - 08/04/2025 10:42:22 2601064 Link
Replying To liam500: "Situation : Player is through on goal, takes shot, goalie throws his hurl at him and deflects the ball over the bar. What should happen here? Red card to the goalie? Penalty option? Happened at a match I was at at the weekend. Ref just awarded the point and play continued. Was that right? Surely the goalie should have been penalised in some way...." I think score stands. You don't disallow a score after a foul to give a free / penalty. As for the red card - it depends on if the throw of the hurl was a danger to the opponent or not. If it was a red card should be given; if not its a technical foul so no card. Sounds like the ref judged the throw to not be dangerous to the player and got the decision right as per the rule book. Of course - a situation like that; perhaps an option of a penalty would be better; but that's not in the rules. brianb (Kildare) - Posts: 417 - 08/04/2025 11:22:28 2601072 Link
Yeah, throwing the hurl in a non-dangerous manner is a technical foul, and the penalty for a technical foul committed inside your own large paralellogram is a 20-metre free. Referee could have disallowed the score and awarded the free instead, to give the taker the option of shooting at goal. But since there could have been up to five defenders on the goal line, free-taker would most likely have just tapped it over the bar anyway, and so this was basically a case of the referee applying the advantage rule and allowing the score that most likely would have resulted anyway. Throwing the hurl in a dangerous manner would be different. That would be an aggressive foul, where the correct action by the referee would be to award a penalty (assuming the goalkeeper was in his own area when he threw it), and book the goalkeeper. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2807 - 08/04/2025 20:24:58 2601159 Link
It would open another can of worms. Even if it was obvious he throws it at the ball in this instance who is going to make the calls if the stick slips from the hand when making the save. Or the force of the shot knocks it out. Correct decision. Different story if thrown towards the free taker. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 3005 - 12/04/2025 19:16:57 2601613 Link
Replying To brianb: "I think score stands. You don't disallow a score after a foul to give a free / penalty. As for the red card - it depends on if the throw of the hurl was a danger to the opponent or not. If it was a red card should be given; if not its a technical foul so no card. Sounds like the ref judged the throw to not be dangerous to the player and got the decision right as per the rule book. Of course - a situation like that; perhaps an option of a penalty would be better; but that's not in the rules." Of course advantage was played but option of a free or penalty always there Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2110 - 12/04/2025 23:30:35 2601652 Link
It's pretty obvious if a hurl is thrown, hardly slips 4-5 yards Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2110 - 12/04/2025 23:31:45 2601653 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "It's pretty obvious if a hurl is thrown, hardly slips 4-5 yards" The OP told us that it was thrown, so your comment is mute. foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2181 - 13/04/2025 14:10:15 2601692 Link