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Welcome to the Round 27 edition of the PFRA’s Black and White. This week, we take a look at fouls that interfere with or stop a promising attack. These situations are often termed “tactical fouls” or “cynical fouls” to break up play. Each situation must be judged on its merits, and there are guidelines to assess whether or not a yellow card is required in these instances. The Laws of the Game state that a yellow card must be issued for unsporting behaviour if: A player commit

Welcome to the PFRA’s Black and White. Each week, Black and White will take a look at a hot refereeing topic from the Hyundai A-League and provide insight, analysis and opinion from the eyes of the match officials. In this first edition of Black and White, we take a look at Offside (Law 11) and an incident that occurred in the Round 26 match between Western Sydney Wanderers and Brisbane Roar. This situation deals with one specific element of offside, interfering with an oppon