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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on February 15, 2019, 03:39:24 PM

Title: 6-6-6 rule will favour top centre bounce teams / Richmond ranked 14th (H-Sun)
Post by: one-eyed on February 15, 2019, 03:39:24 PM

“My gut-feel is a strong centre bounce team could dominate,” Gawn said.

The new rule could force some centre square tactical tweaks from some of last year’s top sides, including Collingwood (ranked 13th for centre clearance wins), Richmond (14th) and Geelong (15th), to try and secure more fast takeaways out of the middle.

Non-finalists Western Bulldogs (ranked fourth for centre clearances) and Carlton (fifth) will try to capitalise on their onball power this year.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/melbourne/max-gawn-new-afl-starting-position-rule-good-for-the-game/news-story/d78c26845784db864b93a927197345b3

Title: Re: 6-6-6 rule will favour top centre bounce teams / Richmond ranked 14th (H-Sun)
Post by: skiddymcghee on February 15, 2019, 05:29:20 PM

What a crock of poo this article is.

So Collingwood (Grand Finalists), Richmond (Preliminary Finalists) and Geelong (Finalists) against WBulldogs (13th) & Carlton (18th).

"Strong Centre center bounce" teams don't matter anymore....

The better teams will either adapt to the new rules or find another way!