AFL bans Third Man Up

[Diocletian]

Good? Bad? I dunno, but stuff me, can't we just go a season without a stuffing rule change?

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-12-21/third-man-up-gets-the-chop-in-radical-rule-change

[JP Tiger]

Oh groan ... another rule change!   
But, wait a second ... Whoreforn & Geebung will both hate these interpretations, especially the other changes about dropping the knees to get high contact frees!     
Ban the shepherding of the man on the mark too!   

[one-eyed]

Oh groan ... another rule change!   
But, wait a second ... Whoreforn & Geebung will both hate these interpretations, especially the other changes about dropping the knees to get high contact frees!     
Ban the shepherding of the man on the mark too!   

Right on cue, Hodge and Dangerfield call the ruck rule change ridiculous.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-12-21/player-backlash-over-third-man-up-ban

[one-eyed]

The players that will be most upset about no 3rd-man up.


https://twitter.com/championdata/status/811457335247765504/photo/1

Griggy! 

[Andyy]

Don't mind this rule change TBH

[tdy]

I would have rathered allowing the single ruckman to Shepherd out the other two but I suspect it will make no difference the key now is congestion.  Limit rotations to 60.

[one-eyed]

Apparently, this rule change will hardly affect us as we hardly used a 3rd man up in the ruck contest.


Clubs who use third-man up most frequently in 2016 (via Champion Data)

Note: The below are the percentage of third-man up hit-outs of a team’s total hit-outs

Geelong – 32.0%

St Kilda – 30.7%

Fremantle – 25.7%

W.Bulldogs – 24.8%

Port Adelaide – 23.1%

Carlton – 20.9%

Hawthorn – 17.0%

Essendon – 15.7%

GWS Giants – 15.4%

Gold Coast – 13.4%

Collingwood – 12.6%

Brisbane  – 11.5%

Sydney – 8.9%

Richmond – 8.8%

Adelaide – 7.2%

North Melb. – 6.6%

Melbourne – 4.9%

West Coast – 4.8%

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/the-players-who-will-be-most-affected-by-afl-banning-thirdman-up/news-story/4b990201f722bf6bbff949231c5d274e

[Andyy]

Now they just need to reduce the amount of players around a stoppage as well.

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Good change.

[Yeahright]

Would this not increase congestion? Much more 50/50 taps resulting in nothing (unless Hampson taps it to the opposition)

[Owl]

good change imo

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Would this not increase congestion? Much more 50/50 taps resulting in nothing (unless Hampson taps it to the opposition)

Good thing is he is training the house down and so he will have greater stamina to tap it to the opposition for longer during a game!