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8 hours ago, tiers said:

Toss the ball lower, further and quicker and change the rules to encourage ruckmen to avoid the ugly wrestle and return to the days when the ruckmen ran in and competed in the air.

Yeah the ruckmen wrestling is a bit of a blight on the game. Simple solution is to introduce last touch out of bounds.

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    28 minutes ago, greenwaves said:

    Yeah the ruckmen wrestling is a bit of a blight on the game. Simple solution is to introduce last touch out of bounds.

    No no no never. Getting free kicks from an accident is grossly unfair and detracts from the beauty and spirit of the game.

    Change boundary throw ins so that there is an even, competitive contest that is not ugly. No wrestling.

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    3 hours ago, demon3165 said:

    Speaking of throw-ins it's about time the AFL changed the rules for ruckmen no more grapling it's a blight on the game there should be no contact until the ball is thrown in, i also agree with La Dee no more nominated ruckmen at ball ups just throw it up and if a third ruckman goes up pay a free.
    P.S. Also, get rid of the stand rule. Players are getting too much of an advantage.

    Typical AFL. They bring in a rule that ruckmen have to start 1m or so apart and they enforce it for about 5 weeks then its forgotten. Probably 20 or so rules like that

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    1 hour ago, tiers said:

    No no no never. Getting free kicks from an accident is grossly unfair and detracts from the beauty and spirit of the game.

    Change boundary throw ins so that there is an even, competitive contest that is not ugly. No wrestling.

    Plus they would have to go to a score review any time there was a contentious OOB

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    2 hours ago, old dee said:

    They certainly weren't yesterday.

    It would have been a 50 minute last quarter.

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    2 hours ago, greenwaves said:

    Yeah the ruckmen wrestling is a bit of a blight on the game. Simple solution is to introduce last touch out of bounds.

    somebody is responding to replies!

    😊👍🏻

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    3 hours ago, greenwaves said:

    Yeah the ruckmen wrestling is a bit of a blight on the game. Simple solution is to introduce last touch out of bounds.

    Nah that was a joke when they tried that, just have no contact until the ball is thrown in and no grappling first one that does free kick soon stop that.

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    On 26/05/2025 at 18:52, tiers said:

    No no no never. Getting free kicks from an accident is grossly unfair and detracts from the beauty and spirit of the game.

    Change boundary throw ins so that there is an even, competitive contest that is not ugly. No wrestling.

    mate in SA , ex player at ammos lvel and still participates , was dead against this rule when it was bought in. Now is fully supportive says it takes the decision making out of umpires and also has resulted in many less OOB. Players adapt.

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