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After the ball is kicked out on the full and the free kick is awarded. As soon as the player who takes the free kick crosses the line it is play on. The amount of times I see players just wander back into play and then look surprised when the umpire calls play on. It will cost a team a game one day.
Brilliant
4 Aug 2007, 22:50
I think 99% of the umpires don't know the rules either.
I dont think anyone knows 100% of the rules of anymore :(
FevolasFox
4 Aug 2007, 23:15
I think 99% of the umpires don't know the rules either.
I dont think anyone knows 100% of the rules of anymore :(
I sorta agree with you, but then again, I dunno?
whippersnipper
5 Aug 2007, 12:07
Its an interesting one, isn't it? You'd think that it would just be common sense, but no, they keep on doing it.
Underdog
5 Aug 2007, 12:17
by that ruling, if a bloke is out of bounds when the umpire calls play on for taking so long, it should be called for deliberate I reckon
wce4premiership
5 Aug 2007, 12:26
That rule is self explanatory.
The hardest rules to interpret are definitely the ruck rules and i don't think even the ruckmen know what they are.
After the ball is kicked out on the full and the free kick is awarded. As soon as the player who takes the free kick crosses the line it is play on.
No such rule .
It comes under the law which states that once a player has moved off his line then it is play on . "Off his line" is quantified as two steps for the easy interpretation of umpires . Of course by the time an umpire has called play on the player has taken three to four steps .
Try reading the law book .
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No such rule .
It comes under the law which states that once a player has moved off his line then it is play on . "Off his line" is quantified as two steps for the easy interpretation of umpires . Of course by the time an umpire has called play on the player has taken three to four steps .
Try reading the law book .
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It may not be a definitive rule, but an interpretation...much like hands in the back isn't a rule.
I have seen it with my own eyes and heard it countless times from umpires microphones.
No such rule .
It comes under the law which states that once a player has moved off his line then it is play on . "Off his line" is quantified as two steps for the easy interpretation of umpires . Of course by the time an umpire has called play on the player has taken three to four steps .
Try reading the law book .
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I actually did just read the law book, and maybe you should try reading it.
Look at clause 16.5.3. Then wipe that egg off your face.
http://mm.afl.com.au/afl/docs/315029ao.pdf
you've both got the law correct guys:
once a players steps inside the field of play it is play on, that is considered to having moved off "his line"
If he is outside the field of play and it is called play on it is an automatic out of bounds - throw in.
VanBerlo=God
7 Aug 2007, 21:18
I think 99% of the umpires don't know the rules either.
I dont think anyone knows 100% of the rules of anymore :(
im sure the afl level umpires know their rules, just different interpretations.
staker41
9 Aug 2007, 00:12
[quote=smoovy;8309623]After the ball is kicked out on the full and the free kick is awarded. As soon as the player who takes the free kick crosses the line it is play on. The amount of times I see players just wander back into play and then look surprised when the umpire calls play on. It will cost a team a game one day.[/quo
How bad were the umpire's in the derby, they totally lost control of the game and 4 decisions blattantly cost the eagles goals all at crucial times in the game, the no call in the last qu when Lecra had his head ripped of by Mcmanus was possibly the worst non decision I've ever seen!
How bad were the umpire's in the derby, they totally lost control of the game and 4 decisions blattantly cost the eagles goals all at crucial times in the game, the no call in the last qu when Lecra had his head ripped of by Mcmanus was possibly the worst non decision I've ever seen!
thanks for the contribution, but what exactly this has to do with the topic I am not sure
Well how can they know that to when they change the rules every year!
If you hit any part of a stadiums roof structure intentionally with a ball it is a free kick closest to where the ball struck the roof. If the roof is struck unintentionally it is a ball up closest to where the ball hit the roof.
If you hit any part of a stadiums roof structure intentionally with a ball it is a free kick closest to where the ball struck the roof. If the roof is struck unintentionally it is a ball up closest to where the ball hit the roof.
I think that if it bounces back in... should be play on. Would make the game faster.... even though it wont happen often.