Originally Posted by
Odysseus
A heads-up if you haven't seen it to have a look at the video on the AFL's website, "Clarity needed over 'ridiculous rule'". The commentators to the Port v North JLT match reacted with a mixture of bemusement and bewilderment. "This rule has got the capacity to create a few issues in the first couple of weeks." The reference is to the new 50 metre rule. Apparently the best new tactics are to manage to get a free at the centre bounce, hope - or engineer it that - the opposition player is in your way or the restricted zone, get a 50 metre penalty and then - as your opponent somewhat lazily jogs up-field to the mark, sprint towards the mark, lean into your opponent, and claim they were "impeding" you. On today's evidence, the tactic works a treat. If AFL footy has turned into this ...
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