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A player who catches the ball (called taking a mark) gets a short time period where they can kick the ball without being tackled or interfered with. Teams will sometimes kick backwards to allow a teammate to take a mark. This prevents the team losing possession. The AFL has experimented with rules in the NAB Cup to prevent this anti-competitive ...
Stoppage: when play stops for a ball up or a throw in. Stops: see studs. Studs: small projections on the bottom of the boots which help players better grip the turf. Studs-up: to fly for a mark in such a way that the studs may cause injury to another player. If this is deemed a deliberate action a free kick penalty may be applied.
The injury horrified the football community. AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou said that the speed of the game and the professionalism and physiques of modern AFL players were to blame (something that recent AFL rules have actually been designed to increase). In a speech, he used the unfortunate phrase "breakneck speed" to highlight the problem.
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The AFL Under 18 Championships are the annual national Australian rules football championships for players aged 18 years or younger and includes teams from each Australian state or Territory. The competition is monitored by AFL recruiters and frequently seen as the second biggest pathway for junior players to the fully professional Australian ...
A ruck contest from an AFL match in 2018. Andrew Phillips (left) and Nic Naitanui (right) contest a ball up from the umpire (in green) while players below await the tap.. In Australian rules football, the ruck is the name given to both the contests for the ball initiated by a field umpire to commence play, and to the players' specialist position who nominate to contest them (sometimes gendered ...
Steven Baker of St Kilda Football Club demonstrates the running bounce. Aliesha Newman of the Melbourne Football Club executes a running bounce. A running bounce, or simply bounce, is a skill in the sport of Australian rules football (necessitated by the Laws of the Game) and some variants where a player bounces (or touches) the ball on the ground in order to run more than the maximum distance ...
The ruck-rover's job is to be directly beneath the flight of the ball when a ruckman taps the ball down, allowing an easy take away, or clearance, from a stoppage. Typically, players are not as tall as the ruckman, typically ranging from 170–190 cm in height. Notable followers and ruck-rovers in Australian football over the years include: