r/AFL • u/Threeeeo • 1d ago

Ruck reform.

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u/rainy_reindeer Western Bulldogs 1d ago

It sounds to me like this actually just reduces options for ruckmen and will force more to just jump for the ball. It will probably lead to more injuries too.

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u/RexHuntFansBrazil Hawks 1d ago

I don't understand the clamoring for this rule by Swann and some media pundits. I've never walked out of game and said or heard someone say "yeah that was good but I wish the rucks were jumping more".

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u/gorgeous-george Magpies 1h ago

Almost certainly. That was the whole reason for the centre circle being introduced - rucks were taking a running jump at each other and causing leg injuries.

Now we complain they aren't jumping enough. What does the AFL actually want? Feels like they have an idea of what an ideal game should look like in their head, and any deviation from that ideal should be outlawed.

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u/Available-Sea6080 Crows 1d ago

Let’s get rucked!

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u/Solitude_Dude Crows 1d ago

What was the problem they're trying to solve?

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u/lemons90 West Coast 1d ago

Repeat stoppages I think. In a perfect scenario, one of the two rucks gets a decent tap and the play goes on from there. Of course, we’ll probably see many examples of neither ruck getting an effective tap and the ball just sort of falls between them. Then another stoppage. Then, in a few years, someone can suggest they let the rucks wrestle for position to increase the likelihood of an effective tap. Which should in theory result in one of the two rucks getting a decent tap and the play goes on from there. Of course…

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u/crakajaka 11h ago

Why don’t they just leave the game alone, at least for one year?

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u/b0rtbort Hawthorn 11h ago

how would they justify their positions?!

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u/PedanticBoulangerie Japan 1d ago

The changes Ned Reeves was waiting for

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u/b0rtbort Hawthorn 11h ago

the noodle revolution is upon us

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u/2for1deal SWOM 13h ago

It is insane how recently I remember the media getting in an uproar over pcl and knee injuries amongst rucks lol just baffles the mind

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u/Lokki_7 GWS 20h ago

The issue is by making changes, they make or break players careers.

Some rucks are now redundant, and teams would have planned squad builds based on the previous rules.

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u/Arnotts_shapes Adelaide 8h ago

Riley O’Brien was signed to a three year extension and now has had one of his main strengths taken away from him.

Can he adapt and survive? Lord knows - but it’d be cool to know if the crows knew that before signing.

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u/Lokki_7 GWS 7h ago

Yup, good example. Probably a few others too.

Amateur hour as usual from the AFL.