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Personally, I don't know what all this whinging about "hands in the back" is about. The rule is clear. What is wrong with using the body? All the players out there have hips and shoulders. Steve Johnson took a mark earlier in the year where he used his elbow to keep distance but his hands were in the air for the umpires to clearly see. He took the mark and the umpire had no problems with it. You can push in the side if both player are side by side. I think that the rule rewards the player who gets front position. Just don't put your hands in their back.
 

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The rabbi said:
Personally, I don't know what all this whinging about "hands in the back" is about. The rule is clear. What is wrong with using the body? All the players out there have hips and shoulders. Steve Johnson took a mark earlier in the year where he used his elbow to keep distance but his hands were in the air for the umpires to clearly see. He took the mark and the umpire had no problems with it. You can push in the side if both player are side by side. I think that the rule rewards the player who gets front position. Just don't put your hands in their back.
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They also have their forearms. You can hold your ground with your forearm....but not your hands. Why? The effect is exactly the same. The reality is it's a daft interpretation that is totally unnecessary and should be done away with.
 
hey guys, could someone please post that mark on youtube because i missed it at the game and the replay wasnt clear enough.

By the way god bless you for beating the scum today!
 
mightymightyblues said:
hey guys, could someone please post that mark on youtube because i missed it at the game and the replay wasnt clear enough.

By the way god bless you for beating the scum today!
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yeh same here, i was at the game but hardly anyone saw as we all sunk our heads when we though johno had kicked the point, and the replay at the g was dodgy and couldnt see a thing
 
The rabbi said:
Personally, I don't know what all this whinging about "hands in the back" is about. The rule is clear. What is wrong with using the body? All the players out there have hips and shoulders. Steve Johnson took a mark earlier in the year where he used his elbow to keep distance but his hands were in the air for the umpires to clearly see. He took the mark and the umpire had no problems with it. You can push in the side if both player are side by side. I think that the rule rewards the player who gets front position. Just don't put your hands in their back.
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Yes, the rule is clear but the rule sucks...:mad: Why? Because it is SOFT.:mad::mad: It's a contact sport for cryin' out loud. If the player is pushed out of the contest pay a free kick. If a player rests his hands on the player in front then play on. Why the big deal about hands?:mad::mad::mad:

Think I'll go lie down now...
 
Damn! I missed it cause I had my head in my hands ruing another costly missed shat at goal. And the replay at the ground didn't show it. Can anyone post it or youtube it.
 
My5t3r10u5 said:
Yes, the rule is clear but the rule sucks...:mad: Why? Because it is SOFT.:mad::mad: It's a contact sport for cryin' out loud. If the player is pushed out of the contest pay a free kick. If a player rests his hands on the player in front then play on. Why the big deal about hands?:mad::mad::mad:

Think I'll go lie down now...
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Whats tough? about playing behind and pushing your opponent out of the contest so there is no contest?.
In all sports contestants push the rules to the absolute limits. You only have to look at holding the ball and see how players have adapted and now tacklers are the ones taking the ball into their opponents and claiming holding the ball.
The only ones not adapting to the hands in the back rule are the dull witted dinosaurs
 

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They also have their forearms. You can hold your ground with your forearm....but not your hands. Why? The effect is exactly the same. The reality is it's a daft interpretation that is totally unnecessary and should be done away with.
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The rule is clear. No hands in the back. How much clearer does it have to be. As to the problem of interpretaion. That is a problem for the whole game. All tackles, body contest are open to the interpretation of the umpire.
 
I can't believe so many of you guys missed the mark, me and my friends went up with him and there was a beer shower for all in the AFL members :D
 
I missed it too! I was at the game watching but I was looking at some other players at the time. Then i heard everyone go nuts and looked but only saw a glimpse of Chappy coming to the ground. Then the flippin replay was pathetic! Great camera work. I suppose it teaches me a lesson for being more focused on certain other players. ;)
 
The rabbi said:
The rule is clear. No hands in the back. How much clearer does it have to be. As to the problem of interpretaion. That is a problem for the whole game. All tackles, body contest are open to the interpretation of the umpire.
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And yet players are allowd to do exactly the same thing with their forearm. Wouldn't you be confused? The result on the contest is exactly the same, and you'll see plenty of players appealing in bemusement at the umpire as to why it wasn't their free. It happened on the weekend, but the blinding example was in the game against St Kilda. Corey was in front, Blake behind. Blake put down his forearm, held his ground against Corey, took the mark. Corey appealed to the umpire - why wasn't it a free? A gleeful Clinton Grybas provided the answer: because Blake had used his forearm and not his hands, it was perfectly legal, even though the effect on the contest was exactly the same. Grybas and Healey even went as far to say as it'd be on the DVD next year.

The reality is, the rule is daft. The alleged problem it was trying to solve (which wasn't a problem, but anyway) hasn't been solved, and the hands in the back rule gives players soft-as-butter frees (see Lucas) when it's paid. Poorly thought-out idea that needs to be scrapped at the end of the year.
 

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Thats not even funny. Pretty piss-poor effort. You belong over in the Collingwood board for that stupid attack on one of our own.

Go on, pack your bags and don't forget to shut the door on the way out.
 

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