‘Nothing like AFL at the minute’: lower level rule change no laughing matter for Hardwick – The Age

Ideally youd like your players in both grades to be playing to the same set of rules. I know that theres an opportunity perhaps to play and model some different things in the game at VFL level, Clarkson said.
Theres one particular rule where at a stoppage youve got to have a player from each team in each respective goal square. I can understand if players are showing no intent but sometimes theyre 60 or 70 metres away from the goal square and the whistle blows, and theyre trying to get back there…

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