Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2023

[Taylor]

He looked to come back from each knee slightly more out of shape so I suspect the road back to AFL level, even with the demands on him being relaxed like they were, would have been quite the mountain.

My fav memory of him is playing for Australia and just totally dominating the ruck against the Irish with the likes of Travis Boak

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Travis Boak

Age

36

Ht

183cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.7

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

12.0

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

22.0

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

11.0

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

9.0

5star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.4

4star

leaving their men immediately to cheat ahead of the ball knowing Nic would tap it straight to them.

For such a big guy hunting Nic was something special, he did tend to use his weight a bit though and physically impact the opposition which I can't begrudge him for since they all do what they can to win but it did add an element of thug to his brand.

A long way from that skinny shy kid I saw on the train prior to him being drafted.

 

[MadMundy]

Good call from NN. Could easily have clogged their list for another year.
Seemed like a nice guy off the field, so I wish him well.

Who will be the marquee Bin Chicken now? Oscar Allen I assume?

Tim Kelly for the next few years I'd imagine.

 

[Bigger]

Allen looks suitably injury prone.

 

[MadEyeEmmy]

Allen looks suitably injury prone.

Everyone is injury prone at that club. Their bodies are held together with thoughts and prayers

 

[DeanS]

I hope this doesn't mean we no longer get daily updates on his wife's pregnancy in The West.

 

[gaskin]

Nic Nat? Nah. Actual s**t bloke

Not true. I've got a mate who is as one eyed purple as the rest of us who has had a bit to do with him off field. He reckons Nic Nat is one of the best and nicest blokes you will ever meet.

 

[FreoRicci]

Gaff should be next. Yeo is close too

 

[MadMundy]

Gaff should be next. Yeo is close too

Gaff is getting traded from the sound of it.

 

[Rob]

Well played to a great career from Nic Nat...but I did laugh at this



He ran from the centre circle to the 50m line without bouncing it once. Literally 40 metres....the umps really did love giving the weags gobbies back then

Pretty sure that's Margetts too

 

[freo1997]

Gaff is getting traded from the sound of it.

Traded to Cockburn Cobras ressies.

 

[Lach72]

My favourite Nic memory was before AFL.
2008 WAFL grand final I was on the wing in the stands as he gave Phil Read a 40 meter head start and caught that little campaigner on the 50m line as he was about to kick into an open goal, and buried him 6 foot deep.

For that Nic you were always a fave

 

[Alfonz]

Well played to a great career from Nic Nat...but I did laugh at this



He ran from the centre circle to the 50m line without bouncing it once. Literally 40 metres....the umps really did love giving the weags gobbies back then

Pretty sure that's Margetts too

He handballed and tapped it to himself, resetting the distance each time. Nothing wrong with that umpiring.

 

[largebus]

Hardwick is the Suns' new coach, signed 5 year contract.
Enjoy the bank account boost and slow career death Dimma. Ironically it means he'll have to play at Marvel every other game now.

 

[Rob]

He handballed and tapped it to himself, resetting the distance each time. Nothing wrong with that umpiring.

Nah it doesn't count. You're deemed in possession the whole time.

Otherwise players would just handball to themselves instead of bouncing it.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

He handballed and tapped it to himself, resetting the distance each time. Nothing wrong with that umpiring.

Nah if it isn't touched by anyone else it's running too far.

 

[Alfonz]

Nah it doesn't count. You're deemed in possession the whole time.

Otherwise players would just handball to themselves instead of bouncing it.

OK. Stand corrected if that is the case. Still, handballing it in the air so much is optically a bit different and can't really blame the umpire too much.

What would happen if a player kicked the ball 50 metres up and 20 metres forward, then ran and marked it? Acres might do this one day. Is he supposed to get pinged for running too far?

 

[ilikepotatoes]

OK. Stand corrected if that is the case. Still, handballing it in the air so much is optically a bit different and can't really blame the umpire too much.

What would happen if a player kicked the ball 50 metres up and 20 metres forward, then ran and marked it? Acres might do this one day. Is he supposed to get pinged for running too far?

Yes.

 

[Nothing]

OK. Stand corrected if that is the case. Still, handballing it in the air so much is optically a bit different and can't really blame the umpire too much.

What would happen if a player kicked the ball 50 metres up and 20 metres forward, then ran and marked it? Acres might do this one day. Is he supposed to get pinged for running too far?

A kick resets it. A handball into the air doesn't. A handball into the ground resets it.

 

[anchor man]

Another catastrophic weekend for the umpires.
Two blatant bad calls in the Geelong Collingwood game. Then a disputed goal in the Carlton V Dees game. A sof t call for a touch.But was it?
The soft call has to be done away with. The umpires are guessing. I"think" it was touched... not good enough.
Take the sof tcall away, take away the fourth umpire.
Imagine if any of these decisions were made in a GF and decided the result.

 

[johnthegardener]

Just wondering as the Egirls now desperately need a ruck (& they should have plenty of money to splash around) will they make a play for Sean Darcy

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Sean Darcy

Age

26

Ht

203cm

Wt

111kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.1

3star

K

3.4

1star

HB

6.6

4star

CL

2.4

4star

HO

28.8

5star

D

6.8

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

4.8

3star

CL

1.8

4star

HO

20.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

6.8

5star

CL

2.6

5star

HO

32.0

5star

?

 

[Rob]

A kick resets it. A handball into the air doesn't. A handball into the ground resets it.

Actually, a kick doesn't reset it. A 20m kick of yours that you mark should be a free against you.

Rule 18.13c if anyone's interested.

 

[Rob]

Just wondering as the Egirls now desperately need a ruck (& they should have plenty of money to splash around) will they make a play for Sean Darcy?

I'd imagine they'd go for Tim English first.

 

[Silencer83]

OK. Stand corrected if that is the case. Still, handballing it in the air so much is optically a bit different and can't really blame the umpire too much.

What would happen if a player kicked the ball 50 metres up and 20 metres forward, then ran and marked it? Acres might do this one day. Is he supposed to get pinged for running too far?

It seems yes it should be because the law says it needs to touch the ground to reset the distance.

 

[anchor man]

Everyone is injury prone at that club. Their bodies are held together with thoughts and prayers

Reminds me of a club in the past.

 

[Nothing]

Actually, a kick doesn't reset it. A 20m kick of yours that you mark should be a free against you.

Rule 18.13c if anyone's interested.

Ok, I thought it wasn't a mark but play on because I thought that had happened before. Not sure if it's always been that way but if the kick or handball doesn't hit the ground it's a free.