Rules Interchange infringement wins Sydney the game

[Makeshift Park]

Shezel's miss when North were 8 clear with about 3-4 minutes to play proved crucial.

Seems a bit odd to blame the 9 gamer in the scheme of things given his influence elsewhere, but you do you champ.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Obviously the AFL were desperate for a Sydney win. That was absolute garbage and makes a joke of the game.

 

[Demon13304]

I don't understand why it's even permitted to make a 76th interchange - why doesn't the steward just say that the team has already made 75 and prevent players from coming off? Surely there are going to be situations where it's more valuable to give away a free kick and make an interchange than to keep a good player on the bench in a tight game, so it effectively means that a team can make an infinite number of interchanges so long as they're willing to eat the penalties. Dumb rule.

Why is everyone agreeing with this?

Tell me a situation where a free kick against , plus 50 metres is ever a good thing for the team just to get a good player on field?
Even if the ball is at the opposite end , free kick + 50 means they've got a possession in the centre square and that's pretty much an inside 50 against you automatically.

 

[theiaofseed]

Blood rules don't count as interchanges. Not sure about how that's applied for a concussion protocol, I think that's still an interchange because it's not imposed by the umpires.

Forced interchange due to injury don't count

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Obviously the AFL were desperate for a Sydney win. That was absolute garbage and makes a joke of the game.

Mate I'd be more worried about the Eagles than North stealing your #1 pick.

 

[Shagga is all Class]

Clearly outlines the penalty for exceeding the limit on page 49. And potential sanction for North on top!

Also, for the earlier question re injuries:
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Thanks for the clarification.

I will laugh however, if this infringement ends up being the difference between Reid and Watson at the end of the season.

 

[TRP1996]

Wasn't it also a North-Sydney game several years back where one side had 19 on the field?

 

[Walter H White]

What are you talking about? Interchange rules have been breached tonnes of times. Most notably in Hawthorn v. Geelong in Round 13 2013 with a free kick to Hawthorn right after several successive Hawthorn goals. Also know it happened in Round 23 2011 in Essendon v. Port Adelaide to give Essendon its first goal.

That's not "tonnes" of times. That's three times.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Wasn't it also a North-Sydney game several years back where one side had 19 on the field?

Yep, Sydney scored the tying behind with 19 on the field. edit: 2008

 

[ashep]

Best performance by an ancillary official since bloke by the name of A. Stretcher won us a close one against the Lions at the Gabba a few years ago.

 

[hawkinoz]

here is a left side view - Should Sydney have kicked the ball away out of bounds in the name of spirit of the game. If this happenned at other times, people would have been falling over themselves in the name of "sportsmanship spirit"

Would have been even better if they kicked it way high to contest within the same area and then it is fair to both teams

I am told the 76th interchange was a injury forced one. Surely Sydney's leaders should have shown some sportsmanship or is that for another day when nothing much is on the line.

 

[Mofra]

Do you? Well, each to their own.

Kink-shaming.

Enjoi ur ban

 

[RUNVS]

Obviously the AFL were desperate for a Sydney win. That was absolute garbage and makes a joke of the game.

Why would the AFL care if the Swans won or not? I mean it isn't like today is going to be the difference between making finals and not.

 

[caloschwaby]

As per the laws of the game it checks out and was adjudicated correctly, but personally feel like the penalty doesn't exactly fit the severity of the infringement. Interchange steward should just not let them on/off the field and whoever is left on the field has to play out the game. The punishment is no more rotating gassed players and if your gun is still on the bench - boo hoo.

And then perhaps if there is a particularly stupid/arrogant team that decides to try make an interchange after the steward has notified them then pay the Free+50 and bring that player back.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Kink-shaming.

Enjoi ur ban

Hey, hey, hey, I wasn't judging. As I said, each to their own.

 

[VinnieB]

Just count better

It's difficult when you only have 10 fingers and 10 toes.

 

[Verdun]

Has Richmond written all over it lol

Saints could as well...no doubt

 

[Wosh]

 

[maskmcgee]

That's not "tonnes" of times. That's three times.

That's not all of them. Just can't remember the exact games for random matches which happened over 10 years ago. Used to be called a few times a season from 2009-2013, then teams wised up and stopped making mistakes

 

[Back One Out]

There's plenty of situations every game where 2-3-4 players come off the ground at the same time. If they had 2 left and 3 players come off at once for example, how does the steward police that by waving a flag?

Someone pointed that out to me in the match thread.

It took me less than 10 seconds to think of this hi-tech solution

Just set up a little $10 electronic scoreboard over on the wing between benches

An amber light flashes when a team gets to 70 interchanges.
The interchange steward gets off his arse, walks over to the team's bench and manually counts it down.

"71.... 72.... 73.... TWO MORE!!! 74... ONE MORE!!! 75... THAT'S IT, GUYS... WE'RE DONE!!"


I'm sure the AFL could come up with a better system (and then find a way to f**k that up too)

 

[LoungeLizard]

Apparently it is nearly impossible to happen.

1st- The AFL official warns the club they have used all their interchanges up.

2nd- Their computer screens change colour.

 

[Wosh]

Footage from the bench

 

[EB&W Pieman]

Just saw it on TV. One player was coming off (75th) and another one cramped and scurried off (76). A second player on the bench scurried on - didn’t want to leave the side short. No AFL official was ever in position to rescue the Roos from their own incompetence.

 

[deck]

They would have received a warning they had used all interchanges yet 2 came off at 74 changes so the warning hadn't came yet.

 

[GuyIncognito]

North can’t even count. Dark days.