SA Footy

Just wondering what was the done thing in the SANFL for the first round.

DId the SANFl follow the AFL and have a bag of balls to grab one from and play on from behinds or did you have to get the one ball all time.

I know at Norwood there was no spare balls behind the goals as players were having to wait for the crowd to return the ball before play could continue.

To me to make the rule fair and consistent for all games over a weekend there need to have spare balls behind the goals or get rid of the rule.

Must admit, I didn't take huge notice of it but it did seem different to trial games.
In trial games there was 3 balls on the fence which the full back had to grab one of.
In the game on Saturday there only seemed to be one or two and it didn't seem to matter which one they grabbed.

The 9 clubs voted no to the kick out rule but the league in it's "arse licking" to the AFL decided on a compromise. You could play on as soon as the umpire signals a point. The only problem is no spare balls. If the ball happens to land near the goal square well and good if it goes over the fence then the full back has to wait for it's return. It truly is half arsed. We at the "Taj" end at Prospect pre-game devised some stopping tatics to employ if the ball came over the fence and the opposition were kicking out and some get it back quickly tatics if North were kicking out. Sadly we lost interest I'm afraid to say after the 2nd round of beers.

Drebin, you didn't inform the important ones (ie me), so the plan was doomed to fail. But more importantly, the supply of Jim Beam cans was constant, so who cares what happens to the ball.

Did anyone see the ridiculous situation last night (no, not the Cows playing ring-a-ring-a-rosy with the footy for a half hour...), whereby there were 2 balls on the field at once? It sat there for at least 1-2 minutes. Very amateurish (note correct spelling ), especially when the ballbay was sitting on his hands.
If the SANFL introduce the rule (which they have), they need a bucket full of balls behind the goal umpire. End of story.

ballbay... note incorrect spelling...

drebin wrote:The 9 clubs voted no to the kick out rule but the league in it's "arse licking" to the AFL decided on a compromise. You could play on as soon as the umpire signals a point. The only problem is no spare balls. If the ball happens to land near the goal square well and good if it goes over the fence then the full back has to wait for it's return. It truly is half arsed. We at the "Taj" end at Prospect pre-game devised some stopping tatics to employ if the ball came over the fence and the opposition were kicking out and some get it back quickly tatics if North were kicking out. Sadly we lost interest I'm afraid to say after the 2nd round of beers.

Novel way to increase crowd participation! I remember the days when the cheer squads would hide the ball for a joke. Maybe those days will return only it will impact on the game if one team gets the ball back quickley and the other has to wiat.

I all so saw that there was 2 balls on the ground at the same time in that game, what would have happened if someone slipped on the spare ball on the ground and injured themselves. Who is lible for it?

This rule will impact heavily on the way sides attack in the future.I think as a team goes forward,coaches will deploy players (probably half-backs) to the opposite side of the ground to the attacking side,this giving them cover in case of a point and quick kick out down the "open" side.

My 9 year old son asked me,"Why is it a behind,it should be a beside?"

doggies4eva wrote:

drebin wrote:The 9 clubs voted no to the kick out rule but the league in it's "arse licking" to the AFL decided on a compromise. You could play on as soon as the umpire signals a point. The only problem is no spare balls. If the ball happens to land near the goal square well and good if it goes over the fence then the full back has to wait for it's return. It truly is half arsed. We at the "Taj" end at Prospect pre-game devised some stopping tatics to employ if the ball came over the fence and the opposition were kicking out and some get it back quickly tatics if North were kicking out. Sadly we lost interest I'm afraid to say after the 2nd round of beers.

Novel way to increase crowd participation! I remember the days when the cheer squads would hide the ball for a joke. Maybe those days will return only it will impact on the game if one team gets the ball back quickley and the other has to wiat.

Could make it real interesting at Unley with one lot trying to waste time and the others trying to give the ball to the full back.

Yeah, at the southern end all those folk on the tennis courts will be hiding the ball up their knickers a la Sanchez-Vicario.

It will give the advantage to the teams with larger numbers of supporters behind each of the goals.