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How do you define 'behind'?If you set up behind the umpire at a bounce, it is your duty of care to avoid any contact with the umpire. Failure to do so will result in penalty.
How do you define 'behind'?
If you set up behind the umpire at a bounce, it is your duty of care to avoid any contact with the umpire. Failure to do so will result in penalty.
^Well going by everything that has happened via umpire contact this year, 'behind' seemed to be interpreted as the 180 degrees from the umpires left arm going around the back to the umpires right arm.
If the AFL had common sense, to prevent any of this occurring, they would check such a region prior to their bounce, to ensure players aren't there (and if they are tell them to get out).
And nowhere to be seen is any mention of degrees on the compass.
...and LOL.Behind means not in front.
The umpires are s**t enough standing up. Lying prone on the ground they are absolutely hopeless.
The rules are not difficult, and its not difficult to understand why the rules are there.
If the AFL had common sense, to prevent any of this occurring, they would check such a region prior to their bounce, to ensure players aren't there (and if they are tell them to get out). As it stands, the AFL lacks the intelligence to instruct umpires to do this.
Would be interested in anyone's comments on the last paragraph of my last post.
Player B decides to go behind the umpire (and not in his immediate backout zone). Player A is his matchup so follows him there, still out of the umpire backout zone. Ball is bounced, everyone looks at the ball 5m in the air. Umpires back out at an angle, clips player A's foot whilst everyones eyes are on the ball as it is 5m in the air, and umpire falls over.
Do you really think it is fair for player A to cop a fine or suspension for this?
Here is some crappy job I did in paint just then.
Finally we agree on something
But what can they do when one backs into them? It's just mental.
I agree that is pretty trivial.
Still, he wasn't suspended for it. Regardless of what the commentators said, Rivers foot was in the way. The umpire tripped where Rivers had a duty of care not to make contact. The umpire didn't back out on any funny angles, Rivers was in his way. I'm saying fair enough to fine him.