Polo Rules

So Bill, Jono, some ref opinions.

I'm really conscious that every minute is valuable this weekend, we simply can't afford to waste time. So, a couple of points.

12.2 – Each team gets one time–out per game.
12.2.1 – The referee may award a you a second "mechanical" time-out if the mechanical was caused as a
result of a foul by the other team.
12.3 – Time–outs are 5 minutes long maximum.

I rarely see this enforced. In Cambridge DR had two timeouts in their game against us (which weren't caused by fouls). I didn't see the point in raising it with the ref then, as we had plenty of time, and I didn't want to be a dick.

But we are so short on time here, I want to see this called. 1 timeout per game per team, no more than 5 minutes. If they aren't done, or need a second one, tough luck.

Secondly, I've seen Bill and Jono call the same thing very differently at Hell's Belles and the LII.

If a player is injured and can't carry on in the short term, the game can be stopped for a long time. At Helles Bells the call was made to postpone the rest of the game when a player was injured, and play it on later. I remember Jono saying we shouldn't have done that, and made them play on.

But at the LII I raised this with Bill when Johanna dislocated her finger, and mentioned the precedent, but he said he would not force them to play on at that point.

So can we make a decision. Should a game be stopped, and postponed until later, or should the team be forced to play on with 1 less player, after the timeout has run out.

We simply can't afford to wait around 20 minutes while a player has medical treatment, when we could be playing other games.

thoughts?