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It is a defined term: Legal Tackle or Legally Tackled: a tackle by a Player where: (a) the Player being tackled is in possession of the football; and (b) that Player is tackled below the shoulders and above the knees. For the avoidance of doubt, a Legal Tackle may be executed by holding (either...

The Mason Wood incident was after the rule was brought in. He knew the game was almost over, North was in front by a point or something, so he used up his allotted time (watching the clock on the scoreboard) and kicked on or after the siren. The AFL responded by not displaying a countdown clock...

Oh, and if you're wondering why a post about free kick counts appeared in a thread about the Melbourne runner trying to pull push-up out of a melee, it's because just about every thread on the MB degenerates to people whinging about the umpiring.

It's actually gone down. In 1983 the average was 73 frees per game. That was pretty much a continuation of 1970s style games and throughout the 80s the number of frees per game decreased until it was about 50 a game by 1990. By the mid-90s it was 40 a game, and at the time of Brisbane's...

This is a debate worth having, but in a wider context than "we wuz robbed"

Sorry should have thought about people with nesb. It's just an idiom that means whinging. Shitting and moaning is incorrect usage.

Yeah, I'm not to thrilled with the thread being moved. It's not about umpiring, it's about people's reactions. Particularly annoying that the thread about umpire's pets has stayed on the mb.

Just stop it. First it was my confreres - "Boo hoo, we lost after a contentious decision in the final minute." Then it was the Eagle supporters - "We were behind all night, so don't you worry, we've got a list of contentious decisions of our own to share with you" Then it's the neutrals...