As we all know, the push in the back rule has always been there but over the years it's been interpreted differently.

This year hands on the back in a marking contest is an automatic free kick.

I think this will probably benefit someone like Neita who manages to hold front position well but in the past has been infringed in the back by opponents. On the other hand, we may never see Robbo taking those speccies again because technically, he often infringes against the new interpretation of the rule.

Whatever the case, I can see a lot of frustrated football supporters in the next few months as the umpires make a lot of gray area decisions.

Bigfooty is going to be over-run with repetitive anti-umpiring threads.

Even demonland will probably suffer.

In many ways, it may just be a long year.

On the other hand, whatever changes there are in this regard, at least we can hope they'll apply to both ends of the ground. For every free Rivers or Holland give away, at least there'll be one for Neitz and co.... in theory.