No offense virge, but from where I was standing it looked like a point. I thought his reaction was very over the top and there was swearing involved. Sesho has a shot in the first qtr at the same end that he and many others believed went through, but instead of whinging and carrying on like a baby that had his lollipop stolen, he kept his head up and got back to the task.
I reckon Bright and Greta will end up on the same points fighting for fifth spot with percentage just seperating them. Top three will remain the same with Moyhu taking out fourth spot.
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On the subject of lollipops i doubt this as he gave up lollipops at a very young age and went staight on to the stubbies, such was the out of character reaction that it was a goal from where he was standing which is usually the best place see it id reckon. Goal or no goal the point is that reporting blokes for these type of reactions is BS surley a free kick or perhaps a fifty or even the 15 minutes off the ground in servere cases is plenty, going to the tribunral and possibly missing a match is over the top in my humble opinion.
Definately agree, but players should know these days not to go over the top in disputing decisions. Most umpires inform the captains before the match that they won't tolerate swearing or offensive attitudes towards them. There was a case last year where a player was reported for saying "bullshit" after missing a goal. As long as the umpires and tribunal are consistent week in, week out, I don't have an issue if they lay reports for these events.
Guess it depends who you have spoken too. My direct opponent on the day was saying to me that Schutty should stop carrying on because it missed. Someone from the crowd directly behind the goals said it went straight over the goal post but would have hit it had the post been higher. I do admit though that I wasn't directly on the line or directly behind Schutty so couldn't say 100%.
Well is "shit" a swear word these days? There were a few f*cks thrown around as well but I'd say he only got reported because he kept going on and on about it. Again, my opponent even yelled out to Schutty to stop swearing but it may not have been Schutty that was using the offensive language.
Incorrect mate. No player from the opposition is ever allow to go over/through the mark until play on is called. It is only during a set shot that players from both sides are told to move back five meters. I wouldn't say the situation you speak of happens regularly, but it's not a rarity either. Players do it to shake their tag.
Seems I'm not up to date on the rules. I have this bit of footage in my head from an AFL match where a player is chasing his opponent but when he cuts through the mark the tagger had to run around the bloke with the ball, therefore losing several meters on his opponent - could be from a few years ago though. Interesting, if it has been changed I'd agree that not all umpires are aware of it. One of our players received a 50 against Moyhu for the same thing. I'm sure I've seen it happen on more than one other occasion this year too.
Here is the ruling: Running through the mark; defensive players may not run across the imaginary line between the man standing the mark and the man taking the kick. Attacking players may run through the mark as often as they like, however defensive players may only do so if they are following their direct opponent. Otherwise, the 50-metre penalty must be levied.
Sorry for the confusion guys.
Yeah, not sure slim. Here's the exact wording from the AFL 50m Penalty Rule:
That's a great point Slim, Tarra rotate so much & that's probably why they run games out so well. Is interesting to see the different attitude of clubs & how they rotate players!
how do you think the blacks have gone this year slim,they have improved but still short a couple good on ballers.
