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‘Unravel the mess’: AFL urged to solve holding the ball confusion – The Age
AFL life member Jude Bolton has called for the league to consider again allowing a third man up at ruck contests in a bid for clarity on the holding the ball rule.
Bolton, a dual premiership player and 300-gamer – renowned as one of the AFL’s most courageous players during his career with Sydney – said a convention was almost needed to sort out the issue.
He said the McGrath decision was against what he believed to be the way the game should be played and officiated.
That flies in the face of the crux of football, which is get in there to win the ball. I know he went to the ground or whatever but he got straight to his feet and hes trying to burst out. I…
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