I think the deliberate out of bounds rule will hurt Hawthorn and help the Swans because any time Hawthorn fail to hit a target it must be deliberate, while for the Swans the ball usually goes out of bounds when trying to hit a target, ergo, not really deliberate. I think the umpires know that. What I'm worried about is if Dane Rampe hits a target, the umpires might still call a deliberate attempt to kick out of bounds and only a due to a miskick did he manage to find another player. But this happens so rarely, I'm not too concerned.
Ludwig, I laughed - and then I nearly cried. Just too close to the bone!
Is there any reason why we can't just get rid of the third man up at the ruck completely and make the ruck a genuine contest between two big boofy men?
I tend to share your view on that - the umpires themselves seem to have some difficulty interpreting the legality of third man up situations. From reports it seems the AFL did consider a change to this along with the other changes that have been introduced but ended up saying that nothing would be changed for this season while they continued to "monitor the tactic".
Yeah, the 3rd man up doesn't really do it for me. Seems an area which can be sneakily taken advantage of.
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I see no reason to add new rules. Just inforce existing ones.
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