Yeah, that's right, when a player does something that is so obviously deliberate he should pay for it.

Sven, I know you said that you gave him 5 minutes which ultimately meant he couldn't play the rest of the game because there was less than 5 minutes left, I think issuing a game dismissal is still a more severe penalty and sets an example/precedence. He could feel that he could get away with it again for another 5 minutes down the track. It feels a lot worse to get given a game dismissal than a time penalty (not that I would know personally!). And it also allows greater discussion post game, as Liam said, and the chief ref should have had words.

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