Originally Posted by
saviour01
I have no idea what the by laws say, but round 1 at Manly their ump said that if there is no boundaries then they will just ball it up which I thought was fair enough.
I get "no boundaries home side throws it in", it was more the fact it went out by 3m on the full and everyone within 100m saw it, but because we didn't have a boundary the ump resfused to call it, despite all his own club telling him off because it was clearly out on the full.
There were a few other instances such as screaming at players for being too close to the guy after taking a mark when they were clearly 10m+ away. But what ever.
Just looked up the by laws
9.56 Where official goal and boundary umpires have not been appointed by the League, each
competing club must be prepared to provide a suitable goal umpire, whilst the home club is to
supply the boundary umpires to officiate (excluding Men�s Divisions Three, Four and Five,
Women�s Division One and Under 19�s Division Two). If no club boundary umpires are provided
in these competitions, the field umpire will have a ball up 10 metres from the boundary line
where the ball left the field of play. Club goal umpires must be equipped with two white flags
and attired in a club shirt or white coat and club boundary umpires must be attired in white shirt,
club shorts, runners or football boots and equipped with a suitable whistle. Should boundary
umpires not be supplied it is the home teams responsibility to throw the ball back into play on all
occasions.
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