That's the length of time it took Adelaide's Scott Thompson to have his shot for goal after he'd taken a mark in the final minute of today's close game against the Blues.
And during this period the umpire didn't blow time-on once so the time remaining went down from 1:00 to 0:18 seconds.
It was just as well that the Blues weren't within a goal as their chances of victory would've been severely dented by the fact that the umpire didn't even blow time-on at any stage while Thompson was preparing to shoot at goal.
For all the media emphasis on Matthew Lloyd's lengthy prepartion when shooting for goal, the umpire usually calls time-on when he's pulling up his socks and tossing grass in the air, which means only 25 or the 45 seconds are actual gametime that's wasted.
It's about time this time-wasting part of the game was stringently taken care of by rulemakers and umpires - perhaps putting a limit of 30 seconds gametime that can be lost when a player is having a shot at goal.
And during this period the umpire didn't blow time-on once so the time remaining went down from 1:00 to 0:18 seconds.
It was just as well that the Blues weren't within a goal as their chances of victory would've been severely dented by the fact that the umpire didn't even blow time-on at any stage while Thompson was preparing to shoot at goal.
For all the media emphasis on Matthew Lloyd's lengthy prepartion when shooting for goal, the umpire usually calls time-on when he's pulling up his socks and tossing grass in the air, which means only 25 or the 45 seconds are actual gametime that's wasted.
It's about time this time-wasting part of the game was stringently taken care of by rulemakers and umpires - perhaps putting a limit of 30 seconds gametime that can be lost when a player is having a shot at goal.
