No Oppo Supporters OPPOSITION OBSERVATION XLIII

[Yze does it]

If Tasmania was Geelong it would be a whole different vibe

South Geelong.

time for a rebrand.

 

[tigerdan]

Haha, all you blokes responding to #Groupie_

You do all realise that he's trolling the lot of you and has been for years.

Now do it for magic!?

 

[Groupie_]

they removed everything except the stand rule

 

[4tune8]

they removed everything except the stand rule

And made it worse

 

[Groupie_]

And made it worse

what did they change

couldnt decipher the article

 

[Groupie_]

swan another arse kisser

doenst want to disrupt the bee lions with removing the stand rule after they won 2 flags with it

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

they've made the stand rule worse!

 

[Groupie_]

they've made the stand rule worse!

what did they do

 

[SunshineBoy]

Get around our Tillies

 

[Dr Tigris]

They have made the shrug in a tackle a free kick against. So at lest one thing good - maybe a decade+ too late.

 

[AstuteTiger]

Seven rule changes have been introduced for the 2026 season...

 

[Tiges1229]

This sport is ****ed

 

[Groupie_]

they removed everything except the stand rule

the stand rule still being in place is being blasted in the comments

but the cfl know better

 

[Groupie_]

imagine the umpiring against carltoon rd 1

guinea pigs for the new rules once again !!!

 

[Groupie_]

I cant see the umpires being confused by 7 rule changes at all

 

[beema limapep]

imagine the umpiring against carltoon rd 1

guinea pigs for the new rules once again !!!

We is gunna cop it

 

[Groupie_]

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so basically the umps will call a 50 for clubs they dont like or not call a 50 for clubs they like. dont forget umps think 6 meter kicks are 15 metres when colonwood are playing

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STAND​

There will be a stronger enforcement of players being told to 'stand' if they are inside the protected area.

Now, if you are within 5m of a mark or a free kick when it is paid, deemed the protected area, you will be required to 'stand' and can no longer reverse to being 'outside five'.

The AFL found that more and more players have left the protected area to stand 'outside five' across the last season. In 2025 alone, the AFL's findings discovered that only 58 per cent of opposition players would 'stand' when told while 18 per cent of players went to the area deemed 'outside five' by the umpire.

It's hoped this will see more players take the game on, encourage overlapping possessions and more free-flowing ball movement.

 

[beema limapep]

Watch players pounding the ball for the inside 50 boundary line from just outside 50.

Will be a hideous look for the game.

 

[tigers_of_old_08]

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so basically the umps will call a 50 for clubs they dont like or not call a 50 for clubs they like. dont forget umps think 6 meter kicks are 15 metres when colonwood are playing

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STAND​

There will be a stronger enforcement of players being told to 'stand' if they are inside the protected area.

Now, if you are within 5m of a mark or a free kick when it is paid, deemed the protected area, you will be required to 'stand' and can no longer reverse to being 'outside five'.

The AFL found that more and more players have left the protected area to stand 'outside five' across the last season. In 2025 alone, the AFL's findings discovered that only 58 per cent of opposition players would 'stand' when told while 18 per cent of players went to the area deemed 'outside five' by the umpire.

It's hoped this will see more players take the game on, encourage overlapping possessions and more free-flowing ball movement.

Overall yet another AFL “fix” that might break more than it solves.

There seriously needs to be some transparency around how these rule changes get rubber-stamped. Were any players or coaches actually consulted, or is this just another AFL decision made by faceless suits with zero feel for the game? FMD

 

[The_Kraken]

They have made the shrug in a tackle a free kick against. So at lest one thing good - maybe a decade+

Not nominating rucks is long overdue. Just ball it up, and if two players from the same team go up, ping them.

 

[Foley#41]

If three people are within 5 meters of a mark do they all have to play statues?

Dumb rule made dumber because players figured out how dumb it was.

 

[TJTIGER]

If three people are within 5 meters of a mark do they all have to play statues?

Dumb rule made dumber because players figured out how dumb it was.

Statues is how I read it as well....

 

[Groupie_]

Overall yet another AFL “fix” that might break more than it solves.

There seriously needs to be some transparency around how these rule changes get rubber-stamped. Were any players or coaches actually consulted, or is this just another AFL decision made by faceless suits with zero feel for the game? FMD

theyve brought in rules for the rules that dont work

 

[Groupie_]

 

[Groupie_]

they even use a Richmond player in the pic