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2024 AFL Rule Changes Summary

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https://www.afl.com.au/news/1074841/2024-afl-rule-changes-the-brayden-maynard-rule-confirmed-run-down-tackles-in-focus-no-mid-season-trade-period

I know there have been other threads but now we have the full list.

I wanted to point out a big one that people may miss that is huge for our club - that is that straight arm blocks are once again permitted at a ruck contest.

We all know how Max used to use this to his advantage, and how regularly he'd get free kicks against him when they changed the rule, despite him attempting to modify his technique.

Now that it's back, I expect to see a quite a bit of Max dominance through the ruck yet again.

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    Pity about the 'Almost' posthumous assault on Brayshaw. Too late, she cried...What Maynard did was never 'legal' anyhow, despite what his lawyers say. They must have sought counsel for the dude who got Pell off...

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    32 minutes ago, Seraph said:

    https://www.afl.com.au/news/1074841/2024-afl-rule-changes-the-brayden-maynard-rule-confirmed-run-down-tackles-in-focus-no-mid-season-trade-period

    I know there have been other threads but now we have the full list.

    I wanted to point out a big one that people may miss that is huge for our club - that is that straight arm blocks are once again permitted at a ruck contest.

    We all know how Max used to use this to his advantage, and how regularly he'd get free kicks against him when they changed the rule, despite him attempting to modify his technique.

    Now that it's back, I expect to see a quite a bit of Max dominance through the ruck yet again.

    I thought the same thing when I read it max will like it 

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    Hmmmn just watched Ch9 news and TJ said that whistling from the bench is now banned when trying to attract a player, the new AFL lady said that you can yell and shout but your not allowed to whistle. Lol.!!! TJ commented “what will they come up with next”.

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    2 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

    Hmmmn just watched Ch9 news and TJ said that whistling from the bench is now banned when trying to attract a player, the new AFL lady said that you can yell and shout but your not allowed to whistle. Lol.!!! TJ commented “what will they come up with next”.

    They will outlaw chompers next.

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    57 minutes ago, Seraph said:

    https://www.afl.com.au/news/1074841/2024-afl-rule-changes-the-brayden-maynard-rule-confirmed-run-down-tackles-in-focus-no-mid-season-trade-period

    I know there have been other threads but now we have the full list.

    I wanted to point out a big one that people may miss that is huge for our club - that is that straight arm blocks are once again permitted at a ruck contest.

    We all know how Max used to use this to his advantage, and how regularly he'd get free kicks against him when they changed the rule, despite him attempting to modify his technique.

    Now that it's back, I expect to see a quite a bit of Max dominance through the ruck yet again.

    Good win for the big man, who gets smashed from pillar to post week in, week out without getting much attention from the umpires.

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    Well if Dusty is allowed to do it in general play, why shouldn’t Max be allowed to do it at ruck contests? He has been unfairly discriminated against up until now. 

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    This was produced by Jake Niall in the Age today:

    https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/overruled-why-maynard-would-escape-ban-for-another-smother-20240207-p5f344.html

    I have to agree with him 100% as the rule change only specifies :

    unless a player has taken “all reasonable steps to avoid that high contact and/or minimise the force of that high contact (for example, by adopting a body position that minimises the force of the high contact).”

    As he points out:

    "The tribunal ruling that cleared Maynard was explicit: the Magpie defender could not have reasonably foreseen high contact with Brayshaw when he left the ground and he took reasonable steps to avoid the high contact."

    A repeated incident under this new  rule will result in no penalty being applied, despite another player is carted from the ground, after having a shoulder dropped into his head.

    The AFL have fluffed it again.  Just make the rules "head high contact will result in a penalty". 

    Simples. 

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