Please find below and highlighted in yellow an amendment to the Arena rules confirmed by the Arena Rules committee on the 3rd of February regarding yellow flags. These changes are to apply with immediate effect.
Rule 10 – Calling of fouls by the umpire.
h. Yellow Flag. A player committing a Technical Foul or persistent fouling will be penalised with a Yellow Flag and as a minimum a 15-yard penalty will be awarded to the opposition team. Should a player accumulate three Yellow Flags in a match, or two Yellow Flags on the same play, that player will be Sin Binned. The Yellow Flags are removed from a player’s record when they return to the game. A Yellow Flag may still be awarded for a period of 15 minutes subsequent to the end of the game. This Yellow Flag will be carried forward to the next game at the same level.
If a player is sent to the Sin Bin for a third time in a match, then the Umpire will award a Penalty 7.
The Umpire may still Sin Bin or award a Penalty 7 to a player for a first Technical Foul.
Penalty 7.
i) In situations of dangerous or persistent fouls a player may be sent to the Sin Bin for 60 seconds. The Sin Bin will be used in conjunction with a minimum 15-yard penalty hit to the oppositon which can only be taken once the offending player has left the arena.
