New rule, they moved on the mark. Can’t do that until play on is called.Seriously wtf. Can somebody explain to me what the person on the mark did wrong here? Why the hell does the AFL think soft 50m penalties is something the game needs more of.
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New rule, they moved on the mark. Can’t do that until play on is called.Seriously wtf. Can somebody explain to me what the person on the mark did wrong here? Why the hell does the AFL think soft 50m penalties is something the game needs more of.
Port whingers whingeing that they’re the only club not to have received government funding for improvements to club facilities (* claim unproven)
well they are the only club to receive federal funding to play a game overseas
so that’s 1-1 in my book
Seriously wtf. Can somebody explain to me what the person on the mark did wrong here? Why the hell does the AFL think soft 50m penalties is something the game needs more of.
This is a bullshit rule change. The kicker literally had metres of space and wasn't inhibited by the man on the mark in any way.You are not allowed to move from the mark in any direction, even a small amount or single step
This is a bullshit rule change. The kicker literally had metres of space and wasn't inhibited by the man on the mark in any way.
This isn't going to do anything but infuriate supporters with soft 50m penalties. If they're going to bring in this kind of soft bullshit, the least they could do is change it to a 25m penalty.It's to "open up the game" after all the other rule changes from Steve Hocking that f’ed up the game
How does the rule work if nobody stands the mark - ie 2 or 3 metres behind?This isn't going to do anything but infuriate supporters with soft 50m penalties. If they're going to bring in this kind of soft bullshit, the least they could do is change it to a 25m penalty.
Or if teams start to man the mark in 2 places. 1 still player on the mark and 1 player thats techincally allowed to go side to side but standing on the fat side of the player at the minimum legal distance. To essentially box them in!How does the rule work if nobody stands the mark - ie 2 or 3 metres behind?
I think someone here looked at the rule and it says whoever is closest to the mark is deemed to be on the mark and can't move. So removing that tactic which is the first obvious thing you'd doHow does the rule work if nobody stands the mark - ie 2 or 3 metres behind?
The best part of the new rule is that it allows the umpires to be the true winners and manufacture and fix results.This isn't going to do anything but infuriate supporters with soft 50m penalties. If they're going to bring in this kind of soft bullshit, the least they could do is change it to a 25m penalty.
Pretty sure the player is nominated by the ump (told to "stand") then cannot change.can we switch who's on the mark?
Say there's a quick break and a team gets a mark around 50m out and the closest defender is the ruckman, can we get someone else on the mark to allow the ruckman to get tot he goal line? Or would the ruckman be forced to stay on the mark?
I can tell you how this will go. Umpires will call it how it's written, it will piss everybody off, then half way through the season the AFL will "adjust the interpretation of the rule" which is actually just code for "we scrapped the rule but don't want to admit it because we'd look like idiots".End of the day it's a moronic rule change.
I'll be shocked if it's still in existence come May.
No. This is expressly forbidden.can we switch who's on the mark?
Say there's a quick break and a team gets a mark around 50m out and the closest defender is the ruckman, can we get someone else on the mark to allow the ruckman to get tot he goal line? Or would the ruckman be forced to stay on the mark?
Sam Mitchell certainly never needed a bullshit rule like this to angle his kicks through the midfield.It's a rule designed to solve an issue which doesn't exist
No different to all of the other rule changes between AFL & SANFL - 25m penalties, last touch out of bounds, ...Haven't seen too many positive comments on the new AFL rule from former players/commentators.
Unless I missed it in our intraclub match I didn't see it come close to being applied so this weekend's game will be interesting from that point of view.
Will it be applied across the SANFL, VFL, WAFL etc?
If not going to be confusing for our players moving from the SANFL to AFL during the season.
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You won’t be allowed inside the 5m zone. Like I suggested. Nobody stand the mark. Stay outside of the five metre zone and you can still cut off the shorter angle kick. Also gives you an extra defender. As soon as the player plays on, then move in to block his route.How does the rule work if nobody stands the mark - ie 2 or 3 metres behind?