Why hasn't an AFL team tried doing Rugby Line-outs?

[Zuta]

Not sure if this has been discussed before (couldn't find it in the search) but why on earth has a team never used the rugby line-out in order to touch or mark a ball on the goal line. How many times do we see a ball almost nearly touched on the line.

Here is a picture if you don't know what i'm on about

 

[who_let_the_dogs_out]

Not sure if this has been discussed before (couldn't find it in the search) but why on earth has a team never used the rugby line-out in order to touch or mark a ball on the goal line. How many times do we see a ball almost nearly touched on the line.

Here is a picture if you don't know what i'm on about

Off the top of my head, it wouldn't work due to the amount of players required to lift up a player to mark the ball. That means there's a lot of loose men running around in the forward 50.

 

[ep2018]

It's illegal

 

[blue harvest]

A Free Kick shall be awarded against a Player or a Team where
the field Umpire is of the opinion that:
(c) a Player has lifted a Player or climbed on the shoulders
of a Player from the same Team. This Free Kick shall
be taken by a Player from the opposing Team where
the infringement occurred or where the football is at
the time of the infringement, whichever is the greater
penalty against the offending Team;

 

[ep2018]

A Free Kick shall be awarded against a Player or a Team where
the field Umpire is of the opinion that:
(c) a Player has lifted a Player or climbed on the shoulders
of a Player from the same Team. This Free Kick shall
be taken by a Player from the opposing Team where
the infringement occurred or where the football is at
the time of the infringement, whichever is the greater
penalty against the offending Team;

If it weren't for this, imagine all those shots for goal after quarter sirens and the opposition just stack their players on top of each other in the goal square.

 

[Old_Man_James]

How high could we get with 18 players?

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Because we play a man's sport

 

[Zuta]

Yea thought it must have been against the rules, otherwise surely people would do it after sirens. Well close the thread then!

 

[KissKiss]

A Free Kick shall be awarded against a Player or a Team where
the field Umpire is of the opinion that:
(c) a Player has lifted a Player or climbed on the shoulders
of a Player from the same Team. This Free Kick shall
be taken by a Player from the opposing Team where
the infringement occurred or where the football is at
the time of the infringement, whichever is the greater
penalty against the offending Team;

I can't remember who it was but I remember a former player talking on the radio about how they attempted to touch a shot at goal like this once or twice. They were told to stop very quickly and I thought the rule was changed because of this

 

[who_let_the_dogs_out]

The Brisbane Bears actually did this in a game against Footscray at Carrara in the late 80s, when Simon Beasley was lining up for goal after the final siren.

Beasley missed and Brisbane got the win, but the guys stacking up didn't get anywhere near the footy and it was a pretty bad look.



cut to :28 seconds.

 

[Wallaby]

Because were NOT turning into bloody netball...........................................

 

[pull ya soxs up]

Not sure if this has been discussed before (couldn't find it in the search) but why on earth has a team never used the rugby line-out in order to touch or mark a ball on the goal line. How many times do we see a ball almost nearly touched on the line.

Here is a picture if you don't know what i'm on about

You know what, I've been saying that for years. Great point there. How on earth can you say it's illegal.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

Bloody hell crowd on the field

 

[Ron The Bear]

Rule came in after a three-player pyramid was used after the final siren by Fitzroy against Geelong in 1924.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

It was David Parkin who suggested it. The AFL moved quickly to tighten the rules to make sure it couldn't happen.

 

[Air_Chester]

Bernie Quinlan took a mark by climbing the goal post once, just as an aside.

 

[Jugada]

You know what, I've been saying that for years. Great point there. How on earth can you say it's illegal.

By making a rule that says you cant do it

 

[SBYM]

It was David Parkin who suggested it. The AFL moved quickly to tighten the rules to make sure it couldn't happen.

Was there an article years back saying the Baggers were gonna try it out with Matty Lappin?

Seem to remember something along those lines...

 

[kanye_best]

The Brisbane Bears actually did this in a game against Footscray at Carrara in the late 80s, when Simon Beasley was lining up for goal after the final siren.

Beasley missed and Brisbane got the win, but the guys stacking up didn't get anywhere near the footy and it was a pretty bad look.



cut to :28 seconds.

WTF is going on in that game? Looks like such a mess

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Was there an article years back saying the Baggers were gonna try it out with Matty Lappin?

Seem to remember something along those lines...

I reckon you're right. Parko was still at Carlton then, iirc.

 

[TheWeapon]

If it was legal we would have seen it from the Ross Lyon/Paul Roos rugby crew by now

 

[CaptainChardonnay]

Is it off season already?

 

[Bardo State]

Bloody hell crowd on the field

Good old days when you could have a kick when you could have a kick on the ground aft... before the siren

Imagine the outrage if that happened today

 

[Hodgepodge]

Why aren't obese people hired by NHL clubs as goalies? Nobody would be able to score on them.

 

[estibador]

Why aren't obese people hired by NHL clubs as goalies? Nobody would be able to score on them.

And at least then they'd already have a stick to attach the rag to.