A first for me, but I suspect many of you more experienced refs will have dealt with similar...
U14s match this morning - midway into the second half I gave a dissent yellow and sin binned a player (I had gone through the stepped approach and eventually he gave me no choice, I am perfectly happy with my decision). Initially he questioned why he needed to give me his name, so I explained the process of the sin bin / bookings. He then proceeded to give me a name. I heard laughter from his teammates but assumed one of them has said something about me out of earshot, so let it go. Duly sin binned the player. He later came back on with no further incident.
After the final whistle, one of the opposition players told me the sin binned player's teammates had been laughing on and off for the rest of the game because he'd made up a false name.
I approached the team's coach and asked him to confirm the player's name (obviously I could check the player list etc but wanted to raise it with the coach straight away). He confirmed his name was totally different to the name given - the coach was angry about it and said he'd suspend the player for two games as a result (obviously I have no idea if he will or not). By this time, all the players had left so there was no further sanction I could take on the player.
I told the coach I will file a misconduct report.
I think I've handled everything properly, and will indeed file the misconduct report. I'm a bit annoyed that the penny didn't drop when the player gave me the false name - he was coy about it at the time and maybe I should have twigged and paid more attention to what his teammates were calling him!
One question though - had I realised (a) at the time of the sin bin, or (b) later in the match after he'd come back on, what further in-game action would have been appropriate? Thanks.
U14s match this morning - midway into the second half I gave a dissent yellow and sin binned a player (I had gone through the stepped approach and eventually he gave me no choice, I am perfectly happy with my decision). Initially he questioned why he needed to give me his name, so I explained the process of the sin bin / bookings. He then proceeded to give me a name. I heard laughter from his teammates but assumed one of them has said something about me out of earshot, so let it go. Duly sin binned the player. He later came back on with no further incident.
After the final whistle, one of the opposition players told me the sin binned player's teammates had been laughing on and off for the rest of the game because he'd made up a false name.
I approached the team's coach and asked him to confirm the player's name (obviously I could check the player list etc but wanted to raise it with the coach straight away). He confirmed his name was totally different to the name given - the coach was angry about it and said he'd suspend the player for two games as a result (obviously I have no idea if he will or not). By this time, all the players had left so there was no further sanction I could take on the player.
I told the coach I will file a misconduct report.
I think I've handled everything properly, and will indeed file the misconduct report. I'm a bit annoyed that the penny didn't drop when the player gave me the false name - he was coy about it at the time and maybe I should have twigged and paid more attention to what his teammates were calling him!
One question though - had I realised (a) at the time of the sin bin, or (b) later in the match after he'd come back on, what further in-game action would have been appropriate? Thanks.
) I forgot to make sure the numbers were there, which I discovered after the game and had to ask the coach for a name/number match.)