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I often think about some of the rules in our game and why they exist. This is an interesting one as there isn't any particular reason for it to exist. It was in the first rules of Australian football. Number 3. No other football code has this rule to prevent goals....though Rugby School, where...

It's not a free kick and never was. It shouldn't be paid. As I mentioned in another reply, that doesn't mean it hasn't been paid in the past or won't be paid in the future. It shouldn't be paid as the reason the HTB rule exists is to keep the ball in competition. A player shouldn't only be...

Sorry! Was simply trying to point out that just because you want a free kick for something that isn't a free kick by the laws doesn't make it a free kick and you're just going to be forever frustrated if you expect one. As I pointed out, the example you gave isn't a free kick, never was a free...

This is part of the problem. The holding the ball rule doesn't exist to reward players who make great tackles. It's not a reward. It's a penalty. It always has been. Rule 17.6 Holding the Ball. Not - Rule 17.6 Great Tackle. Sure, the tackler gets rewarded, but only if the player being tackled is...

I went in '09 by myself. Was a member and went in the ballot and got a standing ticket. Something I had always wanted as part of the bucket list was to see Geelong win a grand final live. I ticked that off. I probably wouldn't go again unless I could take family or friends which is almost...

Adrian McAdam "In 1993, he joined John Longmire and Wayne Carey in the North Melbourne forward line and kicked 7 goals on his debut. His goal tally was the most ever by a North Melbourne player on debut and he followed it up with 10 goals against Sydney the following week and then 6 goals...

If memory serves me correct it was Mansfield that kicked the ball to Billy for that mark. Great player. Had 21 on my jumper, named my dog after him and coincidentally my girlfriend at the time shared his birthday.

Is it school holidays again already or have the intelligent, thoughtful, logical people all left bigfooty? I'm thinking the latter.

Agree. The only reason people quote our average attendance is because it looks so good in comparison. It means bugger all in the end. If the EPL took an AFL approach to fixturing then their crowd average could be around 60,000+. They don't set a fixture to maximise attendance which is good. It...

Agree 100% with Mackie. I was thinking the same thing myself. The first few games he just didn't look like he was interested or didn't look fit. He was playing like a first year player. But on Sunday he was back in form and looked like he has for the last few years.

I'm going to the Friday night test, possibly also to the Storm vs Broncos match on Sunday too if I don't head to Kardinia Park instead. I didn't buy tickets to the Muscat game. I might though if I like the stadium enough that I just cant stay away!

I connect with fstream using mms://sen1116.conexim.com.au:8080/sen1116 Same as your link but has the port number in the address. Just checked it. Worked fine.

I get the impression that he'll go, though I think he may regret it, football wise, after a couple of seasons up there. He may not regret it when he looks at his bank account but there is a lot more to football than money. The club will struggle at least in it's first couple of years. Football...

I use a program called FStream. Its free off the app store. Just add a new webradio in the favorites, then edit and add new station using the url address: mms://sen1116.conexim.com.au:8080/sen1116 it takes a short while to connect but will work fine eventually. As for live AFL commentary...

Here's some more population figures. 1981 population of Australia - ~14.9 million 2010 population of Australia - ~20.9 million Total attendance of VFL in 1981 - ~3.3 million SANFL ~ 1million WAFL ~ 800,000 That includes finals. (Give or take a few thousand here and there) In those...

The mark will only be paid from a kick out and not in general type play so most kicks will land around half way or a bit further and the player who marks will most likely still be too far away to have a set shot. From what I heard, in the old days they used to take a lot of high catches (like...

So that being the case, if Fitzroy were to enter another competition would they be able to call themselves the Lions or use the Lion emblem or would that remain the property of Brisbane?

I was just wondering, after reading about the Lions logo change, what was in the original merger agreement that affects the future choices of the Fitzroy Football Club. Mainly, is the Fitzroy football club allowed to stand alone as an entity using the name Fitzroy football club, in any other...

It's pretty obvious I am talking about a fair percentage of supporters not every single member. As is also obvious there were actually supporters around before the 80's. What I am saying is that Hawthorns numbers have grown massively compared to the typical growth rate for other clubs of which...

It makes perfect sense. Before the massive success in the 80's, Hawthorn were on par with South Melbourne, Fitzroy, North Melbourne etc in popularity. 30 years on you have the most members of Victorian clubs, all bleating about how great you are. Q. Why do you barrack for the club you barrack...

Congratulations Hawthorn Supporters! Biggest band wagon supporters around. We all know most of you jumped on the wagon from the success in the 80's. I remember it at school. When questioned just say you barrack for the top team ie Hawthorn. Check Hawthorn crowds in the late 70's and early 80's...

Chelsea is not owned by an Arab. He is Russian. Liverpool and Man U are owned by Americans. Arsenal also not owned by Arabs!

It doesn't matter how much money you have, it is useless if no-one is buying your product. Just because the AFL has $$, doesn't mean fans will come through the gates. Maybe if they are actually paying them to come through then the money will be useful. The whole point of the state of origin...

Everyone on this thread has basically just made up their own stats to back up their own opinion. Soccer is not dead, nor is it a dying market in the USA. It doesn't take much research to find information on the growths it has had over recent seasons with crowd numbers, participation and...

I am very aware of the history in fact. May well know just as much as you. There is the assumption that all Victorians were greedy. In fact I think you will find that a lot of the Victorian supporters felt exactly the same way as Adelaide people back then, and still feel exactly the same now...

Adelaide people were the ones that made the choice to support the Adelaide crows and desert their own league. That is not the fault of struggling Victorian clubs. It is your own fault. You were not forced. As for not supporting the SANFLs national league in the 80s well it is that same...

Without the weaker Victorian clubs, what do you think would happen to the dynamics of the power of football clubs in Victoria? Killing the weaker clubs or relocating them will just make the stronger Victorian clubs even stronger. With Melbourne's exploding population, spreading the support...

Not to mention this game 30 years ago in Sydney: Sun 10-Jun-1979 North Melbourne 16.9 105 Hawthorn 23.18 156 Att:31,395 Venue: S.C.G.

If you are asked the question, which NRL team do you follow?. You don't have to answer with a particular club. So the fact that so many people in Melbourne have said "Melbourne Storm" means they at least care enough to say Melbourne Storm rather than "I don't follow Rugby League." And it...

One way to cut down on the number of handballs in a game is to incorporate it into the prior opportunity rule. Normally when a player gets a ball, he is given prior opportunity to dispose of it before he will be penalised if tackled. So you make prior opportunity carry on to the next player...