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Buddy's leap and goal - should not have been allowed

Deetective Sgt. Taggert
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DUDE you must be high! Perfectly fine handball. All I can say is Bruce shits me to tears.

No he's right. Look up the AFL rules on the definition of a handball I don't know the exact rules but the hand the ball is held in can't be moving when it's hit by the fist. If you look at the footage his left hand is clearly moving and aids the trajectory of the ball to go back towards Franklin.

Now these days the rule is pretty much hit it with a fist and its a handball, but that's not technically correct.

I'm happy for ones like these to slide but I think the umps should tighten up on a lot of them. I'm usually in favour of letting soft free kicks go but there is way too much throwing in our game.

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    The commentary in that long vid from Bruce gives it away as well "the little GIVE was a good one".

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    No he's right. Look up the AFL rules on the definition of a handball I don't know the exact rules but the hand the ball is held in can't be moving when it's hit by the fist. If you look at the footage his left hand is clearly moving and aids the trajectory of the ball to go back towards Franklin.

    Now these days the rule is pretty much hit it with a fist and its a handball, but that's not technically correct.

    I'm happy for ones like these to slide but I think the umps should tighten up on a lot of them. I'm usually in favour of letting soft free kicks go but there is way too much throwing in our game.

    What about the 'handballs' backwards and over the head. They are very suspect.

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    No he's right. Look up the AFL rules on the definition of a handball I don't know the exact rules but the hand the ball is held in can't be moving when it's hit by the fist. If you look at the footage his left hand is clearly moving and aids the trajectory of the ball to go back towards Franklin.

    Now these days the rule is pretty much hit it with a fist and its a handball, but that's not technically correct.

    I'm happy for ones like these to slide but I think the umps should tighten up on a lot of them. I'm usually in favour of letting soft free kicks go but there is way too much throwing in our game.

    Nothing in rules about the holding hand being stationary. In fact i would believe it rarely is
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    Laws of
    Australian
    Football
    2013
    1.1 Definitions
    Handball: the act of holding the football in one hand and disposing of
    the football by hitting it with the clenched fist of the other hand.
    15.3 Free Kicks Relating to Disposal of the Football
    15.3.1 Correct Disposal
    A Player Correctly Disposes of the football if the Player Kicks
    or Handballs the football.
    15.3.2 Incorrect Disposal and Payment of Free Kick
    When the football is in play, a Free Kick shall be awarded
    against a Player who hands the football to another Player
    or throws the football.
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