Holding the ball/Tackled out of bounds

[CrowInFiji]

In the last qtr of Haw vs Ess we saw two times where a player took on the tackler and was tackled over the line.

First Hawthorn who got nothin.

Then Essendon who got the call.

I like the call being made as I hate the boundary line being used as a get out of jail free card by players but considering we 9/10 times see it not paid despite having prior why is this the case?

These are the burning issues that deserve to be in the furnace

 

[Hoops]

Didn't see the game but carrying the ball over the boundary whether being tackled or not should be seen as a completed tackle. If you have had prior then free against, if not then throw it in.

 

[Fadge]

Just another very grey area in the game.

I've no idea what the 'official' rule is, and agree with you that a free is paid about 11.47% of the time...

 

[kickazz]

Surely it's as simple as timing, if the umpire believes it was a free before it went out it's a free. If they believe not enough time to dispose before it went out, throw in.

 

[The Hobo]

Surely it's as simple as timing, if the umpire believes it was a free before it went out it's a free. If they believe not enough time to dispose before it went out, throw in.

Should be as simple as that.

But it's clearly not. See it every week where there's plenty of prior and then the player just absorbs the tackle and steps over the line. Every now and then, it gets pinged.

 

[Fadge]

Should be as simple as that.

But it's clearly not. See it every week where there's plenty of prior and then the player just absorbs the tackle and steps over the line. Every now and then, it gets pinged.

Even worse, Pendlebury once had a free kick paid against him when there was no prior before the ball went over the line, but his opponent held the tackle whilst out of bounds