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I have no idea why the umpires are over the goal line anyway and surely if the ball goes over the line and bounce back in it’s a goal?
Easy because the ball has to cross all the way over the line before it can be judged a goal. You can't adjudicate that if you are standing behind the line. The best goal umpiring positioning I see at the moment is in the SANFL. The AFL goal umpiring coach does like to make them go to the wrong side at times. They need some serious changes in the AFL umpiring coaching ranks.