Recent content by avijae

Players do not need to "stand", they should be allowed to move EAST/WEST without issue, with a 50m only paid if they move forward. Isn't that the way it was BEFORE the stand rule?

To you and a couple of others who mentioned changes and noise. Is there a chance that the calls change (and are indicated via a whistle) when there is a violation? I mean, the players know the rule, they know they have to stand without waiting to be told, and they would then be allowed the...

Ok, I "stand" corrected.

I hope there is discussion about adjusting this rule. I mentioned before that "Play on" is not called quickly enough, and when it is, the player seems unwilling to leave for fear of a 50. Watching the PA/Bulldogs match, there was a 50 awarded, "per the rule" , i.e. correctly. However, the man on...

SOMEBODY NEEDS to tell Tommy to aim for the left post. It doesn't matter where he is, how he kicks, or what the weather is, if he aimed for the left post, he'd make every goal. His kicks always drift right. ALWAYS! Just watching the ST Kilda match confirmed this for me. He had a fairly easy...

Thanks for the reply. Before the "man on the mark" rule, what was the "official" time allotted between marking the ball and the "play on" call? Seems to me to vary quite a bit. And to those of you who have been watching/playing for most of your lives, do you perceive any difference between...

I "think" I understand the "man on the mark" rule, but it seems that the "play on" is not coming fast enough in most cases. The "offensive" player seems to have too much of an an advantage. The "defensive" player seems frozen and not able to "defend". Is the point of the new rule to effectively...

Thank you sir! You confirmed that high contact, like most of the other calls, are judgement calls, and also helped with how the rule is interpreted. And thanks for including the link to the 2020 rules.

Just watching the freeo/dog match, and being in America, and not being able to see every match, there was a free awarded in the third turn when Nat "tackled" Lachie Hunter because of a "high" tackle. Nat had indeed made contact above the shoulders, but there was no "intention" and Nat didn't...

You're welcome. Since the post I found the quarters used to be 25 minutes.

Well, they are called "Quarters". So, shouldn't they be 15 minutes? a "quarter" of an hour? Was it ever this way in the past? And I have to agree with some of the other comments, it's about revenue. Maybe back to 20 minutes when the stadiums are allowed to be full again...

Actually, that's was caused me to ask my question. Yes, I see that all the time, where a player kicks the ball while being tackled. And I've seen players fist the ball while it's on the ground, or "soccer" the ball. I've just never seen them fist it with their free hand while being tackled, and...

Would it be a proper disposal if a player possesses the ball, and tosses it into the air, then makes a fist with the same hand used to toss it in the air, and fists the ball? I know this is damn near impossible, and probably not worth "practicing", but when a player has an arm pinned by an...

Thanks, I'll check it out!

Would it be a proper disposal if a player possesses the ball, and tosses it into the air, then makes a fist with the same hand used to toss it in the air, and fists the ball? I know this is damn near impossible, and probably not worth "practicing", but when a player has an arm pinned by an...