Have you ever seen anything like this?
Richmond Tiger Jack Higgins has produced an incredible goal during his side’s clash with the Collingwood Magpies at the MCG.
However, it didn’t come without controversy.
With the ball looking to be heading over the line for a behind, Higgins managed to salvage it, before he produced a miraculous bicycle kick to send the footy through for a goal.
Yet, some believe the six-pointer should not have been paid, given Higgins threw it up into the air prior to the stunning kick.
What do you think Roarers?
RT
Roar Rookie
Peter, why don't you go to the AFL website and look at this article on the goal of the year contenders? Then tell me if Jack Higgins threw it more than Luke Parker or Powell-Pepper http://www.afl.com.au/video/2018-07-30/what-is-the-goal-of-the-year-so-far Hint: the answer is he didn't, in fact he threw it up much less than they did. It is only because Higgin's actions occured while he went around the post, that this was even noticed. (Commentators who are ignorant of the rules don't help either.) I asked you on an earlier comment what laws of the game the umpires forgot as you claimed, but you haven't replied. That would be because there is no such rule. We are taught to drop the ball when we kick as it makes for a better kick, not because that is a rule. I wouldn't put much weight on Damien Barrett's comments, nor those of a disgruntled Collingwood supporter.
Peter the Scribe
Roar Guru
As Damien Barrett said last night, if the umpire had called it a throw, 100% guaranteed the AFL umpiring review and Kennedy would have supported it as a throw so I wouldn't put any stock in the AFL official call on it.
Cat
Roar Guru
Yeah because the umpires always get it right, correct? We’ve never seen the AFL back incorrect calls before right? It’s like saying it must be true because President Trump said so.
J.T. Delacroix
Guest
Jeez, it’s a tough one. Who do I go with here? Aggrieved Collingwood supporter, Peter The Scribe, rules expert, Cat, or umpire’s boss, Hayden Kennedy. I think maybe the latter.
RT
Roar Rookie
No he didn't. The ball didn't move sideways it went up. He did this to give himself more time to get the boot on the ball and get it at the right angle. Anyway there is no rule about there trajectory of the ball as you kick it.
Peter the Scribe
Roar Guru
What you lot are missing is that he threw the ball in the air to keep the ball in play , that is the difference. You can't do it on the boundary line and you can't do it on the goal line, end of story.
Cat
Roar Guru
He also threw it around the post.
Pope Paul VII
Guest
Goal. He didn't throw it to anyone else. It'd didn't hit the deck.
MQ
Guest
I guess it's all deemed as being part of the kicking action, but if there was any greater separation from the body, i.e. the ball had gone further than it did away from the body, then you'd have to categorise it as a throw. I heard Whately give a good analogy, then when a player is tackled to the ground, often his only means of getting a kick in the air is to literally throw onto the boot (and as it happens, we do have that expression!)
Cat
Roar Guru
As I said on a previous post there is a big difference between horizontally throwing the ball at your foot (this mimics a ball drop in a horizontal plane) and throwing it vertically up in the air away from your foot.
RT
Roar Rookie
I am sure if Collingwood didn't have so many injuries the frees wouldn't have been soft.
RT
Roar Rookie
Which law?
RT
Roar Rookie
No. You cannot dispose of the ball with a one (or two) handed throw. His disposal was a kick not a throw.
The Brazilian
Roar Rookie
What have you got to say about the soft free kicks in front of goal your mob received, PtS? Kept you in it in the first half. Pies certainly should have been goalless in the first quarter.
Kane
Guest
I've see a few Geelong players kick goals laying on their backs, where were you then Cat calling for throwing the ball?
Peter the Scribe
Roar Guru
It's a classic case of an umpire getting caught up in his own importance and theatre and forgetting the laws of the game.
The Brazilian
Roar Rookie
Awesome GOAL! Need we examine every player's ball drop? Under the microscope many would fail the test of scrutiny. Classic goal, Jack. You're a beauty. Keep on smiling.
Cat
Roar Guru
Oh ... the umpire department ticked it off ... like they are perfect now? You cannot throw the ball one handed up in the air.
RT
Roar Rookie
Put it this way....if it was anywhere else on the ground it would go unnoticed. Have a look at any other bicycle kick in slow motion and it will be similar. The umpire department have already reviewed it and said it was okay.
Cat
Roar Guru
Except for the illegal throw that proceeded it. Put it this way ... if a player threw the ball up in the air and kicked it anywhere else on the ground it would be paid as incorrect disposal.