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Too many men

The only well-documented case where a team had its entire score annulled this way occurred in an Under 19 game between Richmond and Carlton in August 1971, and resulted from a mistaken signal by a trainer whereby a substitute entered the game before the player he was to replace had left.

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In Australian rules football, a team with more than eighteen players on the field has its entire score from before the offence annulled, except if the team scored zero points.

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National Basketball Association rules did not allow for the nullification of a goal scored with too many players until a rule change in March 2009.

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