Yea like I said it surprised me I'd back pendles from 40 out all day long
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The kick actually wasn’t that long; I just wanted to give people an excuse to watch those last two minutes again.
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Coxy might be in the gun with Chris Scott, after defending the actions of the Hawks ruckman in kneeing Blicavs. Somehow though I don't think Mase would be too worried about that 
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Interesting that Bucks also took the same perspective as Coxy during the "On the Couch".
A new rule could be on the horizon - throwing up the ball instead of bouncing it at centre contests.
‘What’s the point?’ Cox weighs in on ruck controversy as footy world left divided
‘What’s the point?’ Pie’s message to AFL over controversial act as footy world left divided
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Interesting that Bucks also took the same perspective as Coxy during the "On the Couch".
A new rule could be on the horizon - throwing up the ball instead of bouncing it at centre contests.
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Simple answer would be to ban raising the knees at ruck contests or it’s an automatic free kick. You can jump but legs mustn’t bend. Simples!Coxy might be in the gun with Chris Scott, after defending the actions of the Hawks ruckman in kneeing Blicavs. Somehow though I don't think Mase would be too worried about that
‘What’s the point?’ Cox weighs in on ruck controversy as footy world left divided
‘What’s the point?’ Pie’s message to AFL over controversial act as footy world left divided
Interesting that Bucks also took the same perspective as Coxy during the "On the Couch".
A new rule could be on the horizon - throwing up the ball instead of bouncing it at centre contests.
I s******ed when I saw the headline of Cox teaching locals how to play the ruck correctly but after reading the article, he has a point. It's also quite significant that the 3 incidents that have happened like this have all been Geelong players. I wonder if their ruck coach is teaching them to cross over to the other side of the line as soon as the ball is bounced and whether this is initiating the early contact.Coxy might be in the gun with Chris Scott, after defending the actions of the Hawks ruckman in kneeing Blicavs. Somehow though I don't think Mase would be too worried about that
‘What’s the point?’ Cox weighs in on ruck controversy as footy world left divided
‘What’s the point?’ Pie’s message to AFL over controversial act as footy world left divided
Interesting that Bucks also took the same perspective as Coxy during the "On the Couch".
A new rule could be on the horizon - throwing up the ball instead of bouncing it at centre contests.
It took me longer than I'd care to admit to work out you didn't mean someone trying to jump from the ground with straight legs lol
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Makes for a boring looking jump. Two blokes vertically lifting off the ground together, close enough to give each other a peck on the cheek. I would prefer to see the more aggressive assists to levitation and positioning remain.
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What if Darrell Hair is umpiring?
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I'm still thinking that's what he meant as you can see from my comment so you're way ahead of me.
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Yeah, and call it a tip off rather than a bounce!!!!
Mason Muralidaran claims his knees are naturally bent and then in a controlled environment runs around with bent knees to prove his case.
As reliable as Billy Bowden's supposedly unstraightenable fingers.
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Still run and jump but at the moment of contact, the knees must be straight (well less than let’s say 20 degrees)
Seems like that would be more dangerous with the potential to land straight legged and hyperextend
If you remove the centre line and the run up circle, then the bigger bodied rucks can still stand their ground whilst the leaping rucks can take off and go for the ball. It gives all shapes and sizes of rucks a chance, like it always did until the VFL's over-reaction to Peter Moore and Gary Dempsey's wrestling match.
If umpires just paid frees in that game, none of this centre circle/line rubbish would have been necessary.
And don't try and tell me the AFL does it to minimise PCL injuries, before the line ruckmen learned how to protect themselves with their legs and upper bodies, the line just made rucks run straight at each other, smashing their knees together. It was ridiculous that it was brought in in the first place and its even moreso now. The athlete's have got bigger yet the circle and the line restrict their natural abilities to control their leaps and landings.
If umpires just paid frees in that game, none of this centre circle/line rubbish would have been necessary.
And don't try and tell me the AFL does it to minimise PCL injuries, before the line ruckmen learned how to protect themselves with their legs and upper bodies, the line just made rucks run straight at each other, smashing their knees together. It was ridiculous that it was brought in in the first place and its even moreso now. The athlete's have got bigger yet the circle and the line restrict their natural abilities to control their leaps and landings.
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What do you mean "don't try and tell me the AFL does it to minimise PCL injuries" - it either has led to a reduction in them, or it has not
How often do you see a bloke land straight with his leg locked and do his knee I think quite often and they look so innocuous but it is still a 12 mth injury.
I do not think you have to be changing direction to do a knee.
I played in the Ammos without the centre line. It enables many different appraoches to ruck work. As an old broken down man who could not jump, I could go aorund and lean of the other ruck (there were other ways the other ruck could react and try and make it a jumping contest but many simply had no idea brought up watching modern ruck work)
Without the line you can play a jumping game or a non jumping game depending on your tactics, and there is always come sort of counter.
The introduction line saw a large increase in PCL injuries. Rucks giot bigger and ruck workwiork trends had thiose gladiatorial running and jumping that eventually saw the intriduction of the line and cicrles to curt down on.
It's introcuding cats to catch the mice you released earlier... then dogs because the cats are a problem.
Gouki, its like every other rule they bring in. They do it for the LOOK of the game, not to "protect" players. Deliberate out of bounce cuts down rucking influence as well....its all about the LOOK.
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I agree regarding the line. I don't think you're right regarding the circle. Two blokes running from further is a better spectacle. I think they were genuine with their attempt to reduce PCL injuries.
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I doubt they did it for the look. Bullocking ruckmen is a worse aesthetic spectacle
