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boncer34
Formerly "Dos23"
When a player engages with their direct opponent for the ball that's reached them?Running what our? Blocking in the forward line?
Players running into other players?
It wasn’t 50m off the ball. You’ve been told this, and shown this umpteen times in this thread.
The ball was kicked to the contest.. finlayson is going for the mark and Ridley was going to contest it.
Question … in a marking contest when the defender engages the forward with a shove in the back, or push or grab…. is that off the ball?
Answer that.
No.
If it happens when the ball is 50m away.
Yes. Just like Rioli isn't allowed to whack Ridley in the head off the ball, if a defender grabs the forward off the ball it's also against the rules.