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Playing on outside the boundary line

nutbean
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I may be over technical but twice yesterday (one was buddy) lining up for goal in the forward pocket. Running off the straight to open up the angle, the umpire called play on (rightly) once the player didnt run straight in. However in both cases the umpire called play on and the player hadn't even entered into the playing field.

My question - if you line up for goal outside the boundary line and run off the straight - play on is called and you are out of bounds - isnt it a throw in ?

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    That happened once to the Dorks.

    They were taking a kick southern side punt road end when their player stepped out of bounds. Result a throw in.

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    That happened once to the Dorks.

    They were taking a kick southern side punt road end when their player stepped out of bounds. Result a throw in.

    Yeah - saw that.

    I'm talking about lining up for goal on a tight angle when you start outside the boundary line. If you dont run in straight and the umpire calls play on ( as he did twice done the city end for the dorks) and the play on call is still when you are out of bounds - isnt it out of bounds ?

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    Yeah - saw that.

    I'm talking about lining up for goal on a tight angle when you start outside the boundary line. If you dont run in straight and the umpire calls play on ( as he did twice done the city end for the dorks) and the play on call is still when you are out of bounds - isnt it out of bounds ?

    It is. It was called correctly in the West Coast-Port Adelaide game (why I'd be watching that is beyond me). A guy took a mark just inside the boundary, on the run. Continued his run and went off his arc. By the time he did, he was out of bounds. "Razor" Ray Chamberlain called him on it and there was a ball-in.

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    Nutbean, it should be. But we all know there are different rules for when you are kicking for goal and when you are in the back pocket, despite them not being written in the rules. Umpires let forwards get away with more in general.

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