RussellEbertHandball
Flick pass expert
- Thread starter
- #201
The player for the team with the kick can stand one step back and a few metres to the side of the man on the mark. Nothing in what you quoted says that's not allowed.Are you sure? I can see nowhere that in says in the rule that an extra player from the team with the free or the mark may be in the protected area. If that is the rule it is not being policed as I saw a couple of occasions where Hawks players were standing next to players on the mark.
16.1.1 Standing The Mark
When a Player is awarded a Mark or Free Kick or is Kicking into play after a Behind has been scored, one Player from the opposing Team may stand at the position on the Playing Surface where the Mark or Free Kick was awarded or where the field Umpire otherwise directs the Player to stand. The position on the Playing Surface where the opposing Player stands is known as “The Mark”.
16.1.2 Protected Area
The Protected Area is a corridor which extends from 10 metres either side of The Mark to 10 metres either side of, and 5-metre arc behind, the Player with the football, as illustrated in Diagram 2. No Player shall enter and remain in the Protected Area unless the field Umpire calls “Play On” or the Player from the opposing Team is accompanying or following within 2 metres of their opponent. Any Player caught in the Protected Area must make every endeavour to clear the Protected Area immediately.





