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It’s not often that I disagree with the great Leigh Matthews, but on this occasion, I am going to bravely take a step into…
It’s not often that I disagree with the great Leigh Matthews, but on this occasion, I am going to bravely take a step into…
The AFL insists it can improve the on-field product and make the game safer at the same time after rubber-stamping rules around smothers. The…
AFL news, as it happens
AFL news, as it happens.
Another year, another set of rule changes. I’m not fundamentally opposed to rule changes. I am opposed to constant tinkering with the rules, particularly…
Is the current brand of AFL football a bad advertisement for our indigenous code? Former West Coast Eagles premiership coach John Worsfold tends to…
The bump is dead. The marking contest is dead. Contact footy is dead. Or so we’ve been told recently. To my eyes, it all…
It’s the pre-season competition and nothing is at stake. So why are coaches complaining about rule changes when they don’t take the competition seriously…
One topic that has been extensively debated for some years now is the need and frequency of rule changes in the AFL. Historically, Australian…
Extending all the way back to the invention of the game in the 1850s, it can be cathartic to read through the debates surrounding…
Extending all the way back to the invention of the game in the 1850s, it can be cathartic to read through the debates surrounding…
Extending all the way back to the invention of the game in the 1850s, it can be cathartic to read through the debates surrounding…
It is time to completely overhaul the way we ‘coach' our goal umpires. The introduction of the goal review system was put in place…
It is time to completely overhaul the way we ‘coach' our goal umpires. The introduction of the goal review system was put in place…
It is time to completely overhaul the way we ‘coach' our goal umpires. The introduction of the goal review system was put in place…
The sling tackle is the popular debate topic of the AFL community at present. The crux of the argument seems to be what to…
In recent weeks we have been bemoaning the death of the tackle as we know it. The Trengove ban and now those given Mumford…
A few years ago, the AFL banned the “coathanger” and the “driving tackle”. Similarly, the NRL banned the “stiff arm” and the “spear tackle”.…
I have written before about the need for rule and interpretation changes in the AFL to cease due to the never ending confusions that…
With regards to recent questions concerning rule changes, I would like to submit the following for your opinions. 1. Holding the ball/ improper disposal…
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It’s not often that I disagree with the great Leigh Matthews, but on this occasion, I am going to bravely take a step into…
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