AFL changes rules on club runners - AFL players might have to think for themselves!!!

[ItsAllAboutMe]

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl...w-runner-rules-this-year-20180211-p4yzyf.html

This is a very good move by AFL, needs to be introduced ASAP. No other sport in the world where a coach is allowed to enter the field of play to tell players what they should be doing. They are a blight on the game, trying to explain to someone new to the game (like my 5yo daughter) the purpose of a runner makes you realise how useless they are. They block up space and get in the way... Get rid of them please.

 

[Beutbrute]

This is a good move.
How long till Nick Maxwell stops being a runner and becomes a water boy?

 

[DapperDon]

Most excellent. Coaches have nobody but themselves to blame for this.

 

[chiwigi]

Good! It's ridiculous that they are out there when play is on.

 

[TheWoodenSlug]

Yep. I'm generally a 'leave the bloody game alone' type, but I've always wanted to get rid of the runners. Good move.

 

[Milanista28]

They can send a message via the interchange, They have enough of them a game to get by.

 

[citizen-erased]

Should work nicely.
Runners can come on between goals and during set shots. That should be the limit. Prior to open play commencing, all runners should be heading from the field.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Good move. Now ban them completely

 

[Resigned]

Malthouse approves.

 

[Noobz0r]

Runners have a place in the game. However, they have been overused and the system abused. Good move by the AFL, and the ideal balance imo.

 

[captain cotch 9]

Surely the players GPS's can vibrate when they need to come to the bench.

 

[wagstaff]

That it will annoy the coaches is an argument in favour of the rule change; they have far too much say in the game and should be ignored into how it is played as much as possible.

 

[ManOfClay]

Surely the players GPS's can vibrate when they need to come to the bench.

Like when your meal is ready at the RSL

 

[The Gov]

Yeah great idea love this, will promote on-field leadership by players even more.

 

[DapperJong]

Who cares guys.

Richmond won the flag last year.

It's tiger time!

 

[Furn2]

Who cares guys.

Richmond won the flag last year.

It's tiger time!

Only because of runners though.

 

[Quivorir]

trying to explain to someone new to the game (like my 5yo daughter) the purpose of a runner makes you realise how useless they are.

"They relay messages from the coach to the player." How hard was that?

 

[Quinz]

Now clubs will be forced to kick more goals to get the runner out there.

4D chess from Gil.

 

[basashi]

Yep. I'm generally a 'leave the bloody game alone' type, but I've always wanted to get rid of the runners. Good move.

I am your opposite. I am usually happy to entertain the changes but this one doesn't enthuse me. I think runners are worth the incident or two per season they cause.

I don't want to see a game determined by a bit of role confusion between players.

 

[basashi]

Like when your meal is ready at the RSL

Combine the two... I am sure the players coming off the field could go a Chicken Kiev with Chips and Salad.

 

[Beutbrute]

I wonder who will be the first to come out and say that having no runners is a player safety issue?

 

[Borussia Teeth]

Should’ve introduced the sniper rule.
Each coaches box has a sniper rifle where they can take out the opposition runner.

 

[W.C. Fry]

Who cares guys.

Richmond won the flag last year.

It's tiger time!

I am confused... Your join date isn't Oct 17?

 

[theyellowsash]

Great move. Coaches will complaint but theyre the ones who abused runners by having them out there for basically the whole game guarding space.

Personally I'm in favour of getting rid of them entirely. Give the teams soccer style boards to call players to the bench

 

[flamethrower]

Runners are redundant considering how often players are interchanged these days - if the coach wants to send out a message have a player returning to the ground deliver it.