What is the point of the "deliberate" rushed behind rule?

[Ferdinand Lewis]

It was the free kick that was the worst part of it

3 mins later St kilda rushed a point in a identical manner and it was not given.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Watching the Geelong-Freo game, looks like it's now ok to rush a behind again.

Seriously, get rid of this farce of a rule. In the event that it is ever paid again, it is going to be ridiculously controversial.

 

[lionbear]

It was simply done to stop the Joel Bowden situation ever happening again.

Just change the rule to say the ball cannot go through the behinds after a behind without being touched by the opposition.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

It was simply done to stop the Joel Bowden situation ever happening again.

Just change the rule to say the ball cannot go through the behinds after a behind without being touched by the opposition.

It was a time wasting tactic. A simpler rule is to not restart the clock until somebody has touched the ball after the kickin.