It was clearly the rule of the game, but it went both ways. If Port were too stupid to work out how the game was being umpired that’s their problem.
Yep safest bet is to just Not put it out at all ,
The interpretation is always going to be a can of worms when they are asked to rule on what players are attempting to do
Seeing players miss easy shots at goal is enough evidence that the outcome isn’t necessarily what they are trying to do