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Who cares about the umpires. GWS are crap ATM. They are lazy, soft and cry babies. Their game plan has not changed in three years. Lucky not to be caught out before this. Not only is the game plan a problem their players are. Their mids still don't run both ways for a full game. I thought...

The problem is far too many highly interpretive rules. What is prior opportunity and what isn't? What is deliberate OOB and what isn't? What is incorrect disposal and what isn't? When that rule was dropping the ball, throwing the ball it was easy. A throw is anything that is not punched...

Congestion is pretty easy to fix actually. 1. No nominating a ruck. In fact ball up whether there are rucks there or not. 2. As someone suggested reward free kicks for incorrect disposal and HTB. Stop allowing the throw. 3. Penalise players who hold the ball to players who are on the ground...

So you just want to turn it into Rugby Union. Bugger off and watch that if you love it so much. The point posts, goals only being given if the ball goes through without hitting posts, handball and hangers are what differentiates our game from the others. Oh and actually moving the ball. On U27...

No, in fact the rule has been changed back from the bad change we have had for 10 odd years. The rule as it stands stops players taking the ball out of the ruck because it states 'If a player takes the ball from a ball up, throw in and gets touched it will be deemed a free to the player who...

As it stands if a ruckman takes the ball out of the ruck and gets touched it is a free kick. That is bloody stupid. Now Naitanui can take the ball from the ruck and run with it, whereas before if he tried to do that and a player touched him, just a tap on the arm no restraint it was a free...

Yet another rule to stop accidental umpire contact. Have the AFL ever wondered why the umpires get accidentally run into all the time? They might like to look at umpiring positioning. The other thing they might like to look at is the umpires always running backward which does not allow them to...

The set ups at centre bounces are crap. Another knee jerk reaction. Yet again the AFL fails to understand it's own game. This worries me as it still will hold the game up; A ruckman who takes direct possession of the ball from a bounce, throw-up or boundary throw-in will no longer be regarded...

Mate I thought he was in Swan Lake he dived so far. He scored more points from the Diving Judges than Matthew Mitcham. He is a serial offender and should be suspended for at least two matches. This sort of thing is a terrible blight on the game. Sinclair accentuated his push and got a free...

I did not miss the point at all Nick. I like you believe the umpires are instructed to do what they do. It is reactive and not creative. Umpires are asked to be intuitive on rules that are iffy. This is bullshit. It should never be able to happen. Our umpires should never be put under this...

Well this is the problem isn't it Nick. They have been told to focus on certain things. Stop focusing and start umpiring. There have been too many 'interpretive' changes to rules in the last few years. By this I mean the umpires need to interpret more. Take the 'Prior Opportunity' rule. It is up...

The umpires actually cause the maul situation because they keep the play going even though a pack develops. 1. They allow the play to continue even though there is no way out for any player 2. They allow throws in the maul that could be deemed free kicks and advance the play 3. They allow...

I don't believe in prior opportunity as it gives the umpire far too much latitude in interpretation. I think it should be the old rule of if you are holdi g the ball you are gone. If the ball is held to you a ball up. If you incorrectly dispose (throw or hand off the ball) then free. I get the...

I thought the Blood Rule was separate to interchange. Do you know the rules do not state whether a player sent off with the blood rule is counted as a part of the interchange numbers. I have just read through all the blood rule and nothing about that at all.

Consistency is the problem. Some of the rule changes are also problematic as they have made them more complicated not less. THe holding the man/ball rules were very simple in the original rule. There was very little room for interpretation of the rule itself. Today by complicating the rule with...