(in soccer or rugby) an instance of a referee ordering a player to leave the field and take no further part in the game.
the Rovers man escaped a sending off and was handed a yellow card
mass nounthe turning point was probably the sending off of their midfielder
Example sentencesExamples
A Welsh Rugby Union disciplinary hearing ruled that the sending-off was sufficient punishment.
If the sending-off offence would also lead to a penalty kick, then committing the offence is almost never justifiable.
So high was the level of on-field violence in the game by the end of the nineteenth century, that the rule-makers began to consider introducing a sending-off rule.
The winger is suspended after his sending-off in the 1-1 home draw with West Ham.
He felt that punching was not a sending-off offence and blames referees for taking the physical side out of rugby.
They will strenuously appeal the defender's sending-off in Sunday's final.
The sending-off came at a crucial time, with the team slightly on top and looking to be steering towards their 40th title.
A third goal and a sending-off handed the initiative back to the home team.
"We didn't take advantage of his sending-off as we should have done," Beckham said.
We had defended really well but my sending-off probably cost us the game.
Definition of sending off in US English:
sending off
noun
(in soccer or rugby) an instance of a referee ordering a player to leave the field and take no further part in the game.
the turning point was probably the sending off of their midfielder
a wonderfully exciting second half finishes with two goals and a sending off
Example sentencesExamples
A Welsh Rugby Union disciplinary hearing ruled that the sending-off was sufficient punishment.
"We didn't take advantage of his sending-off as we should have done," Beckham said.
A third goal and a sending-off handed the initiative back to the home team.
The sending-off came at a crucial time, with the team slightly on top and looking to be steering towards their 40th title.
He felt that punching was not a sending-off offence and blames referees for taking the physical side out of rugby.
We had defended really well but my sending-off probably cost us the game.
The winger is suspended after his sending-off in the 1-1 home draw with West Ham.
If the sending-off offence would also lead to a penalty kick, then committing the offence is almost never justifiable.
So high was the level of on-field violence in the game by the end of the nineteenth century, that the rule-makers began to consider introducing a sending-off rule.
They will strenuously appeal the defender's sending-off in Sunday's final.