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News.com.au
2 hours ago
- News.com.au
‘Get rid of it!': Rule gripes, ump ‘stinkers' revealed in coaches round table
Never has conjecture over the state of Australian rules football felt hotter than it does right now, as the league's newest football boss, Greg Swann, descended at AFL House on Monday morning. The now-former chief executive of the Brisbane Lions has publicly stated that he has '43 pages of stuff' that people across the league want him to fix, as the 2025 home-and-away season edges closer to the finish line. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer. Joining AFL 360 at the conclusion of Round 19 on 'Coaches Night', two of the competition's mastermind coaches in Chris Scott and Sam Mitchell were quizzed on numerous topics that could be on Swann's agenda in the coming months. From the contentious sub rule, to the upcoming Tribunal hearing of Steven May, to the length of quarters — among several other things — the two-time Geelong premiership coach and Hawthorn great provided their two cents on a range of issues. Read the full transcript of their discussion below: SUB RULE Sam Mitchell: 'No, get rid of it. It's horrible.' Chris Scott: 'Same.' Asked by Whateley if he believes it would be an 18-0 majority of coaches in favour of removing the sub rule, Mitchell replied with a resounding 'yes'. Scott: 'It was brought up (recently), and there were no dissenters. I'm pretty sure most of the coaches were there last time we were together.' LENGTH OF GAMES Scott: '(It can be tidied up) easily. I think the game's too long, full stop. I think they should shorten the actual quarter length. But the score reviews ... the umpires waiting for the ruckmen to get to a stoppage is a complete nonsense. Sometimes, we've had players come from the interchange bench and get to the stoppage, because the umpires are waiting for the ruckmen. If a player's there, throw it up. If there are no players there, there it up.' Mitchell: 'I'm 120 (minutes total in a game). I like the game, I want more of the game — but less of the stuff in between. I like 120, I'd love a 30-minute quarter and when it gets to 29 minutes, you're waiting for the siren. At the moment, we send a message out to our players sometimes going: 'This is going to be a 34-minute quarter'. That's too long.' Scott: 'I think I'd probably come a little bit more towards you if the playing time was the same, but the wasted time was removed.' BOUNCING THE BALL — STAY OR GO? Mitchell: 'I'm a bounce guy. I like the bounce, but no recalls. I think variability is one of the great parts of our game ... the best umpires bounce it well.' Scott: 'No bounce.' DRAFTING FATHER-SON PLAYERS AND ACADEMIES Scott: 'And no father-son while we're at it!' Scott continued tongue-in-cheek. 'I sort of am (serious though). I think all these things are romantic ideas. When you get to a really equalised competition where every little bit matters, the idea that you have these hug outliers ... I get it controversial, I get it would be pushed back on by the romantics.' 'The Academies serve a purpose, you've just got to pay the right price for the player. And I think if it's really important to develop the game in New South Wales and Queensland, Geelong and Hawthorn (for example) can help with that as well. Let's get up there and really grow the game.' SIMPLIFYING THE GAME FOR UMPIRES Mitchell: 'That's beyond (my scope). The thing I would like, as far as the safety element, I think it should be more incumbent on the player who's 'trying to get hurt' that he is disincentivised to do that. That is something I would lean towards.' STEVEN MAY'S UPCOMING TRIBUNAL Scott: 'If I were the MRO, I wouldn't have put it up.' When asked by Garry Lyon whether the collision was a 'football accident', Scott agreed. Scott: 'The way I think about these things, and the way we coach our players is, you have to be committed to the ball. But in a split-second moment you're second to the ball, you have a very high duty of care to your opponent. I thought he delivered on his duty of care. It would've been very easy for him to turn his body to protect himself. He's going for the bouncing ball, bit of a bad bounce (and) sits up a little bit. His arms are by his side; I thought he did everything he could to mitigate contact, and it was an accident.' Mitchell: 'Well we've got them (Melbourne) in a couple weeks, so I'll be a little bit biased,' he joked. 'I don't think he was trying to hurt him, so I think intent should be taken into account with the MRO more than outcome.' IS DISSENT BACK IN OUR GAME? Scott: 'Well it's, not is it? Has that been explained to you (Mitchell) that if you point to the scoreboard, it's a free?' Mitchell: 'A couple of years ago I feel like it was explained, and it hasn't been one since.' Scott: 'He's (Worner) not even engaging with the umpire here!' Mitchell: 'I have a vague memory, that when the dissent (rule) first came in, that if you point to the scoreboard, that'll be 50 (metres). But that's happened a lot of times since then, and it hasn't been paid ... let's see if it happens again this week.' Scott: 'For me, it's a bit like the protected area (rule). You see a 50-metre penalty paid, and you go: 'Yeah, that is a 50 — the problem is, you missed the 50 before that'. If you're going to pluck that out and say: 'No, that's right' — alright, communicate it to us and players won't (do it). 'My point is, if he's talking to the umpire saying: 'LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD'... he didn't do that! He was looking at it for his own curiosity (and saying): 'Oh yeah, that was a bad free kick'. And it was! Two stinkers.'
West Australian
2 hours ago
- West Australian
Video emerges of fan getting kicked out of MCG after confronting Channel 7 star Andy Maher
An AFL fan has been kicked out of the MCG after getting into a verbal altercation with Channel 7 host Andy Maher during Saturday night's clash between Carlton and Melbourne . Footage has emerged of the interaction, which shows the man getting out of his seat and walking over to Maher, who was sitting a few rows back. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: AFL fan kicked out of MCG after exchanging words with Andy Maher. It's unclear what the man says to Maher, who hosts The Front Bar , but a number of other spectators can be heard yelling at security to kick the man out. The man appears wobbly on his feet throughout the interaction, while a woman also appears to try and diffuse the situation. Two security staff then came down the aisle and eventually remove the man, which was applauded by fans in the area. A clip of the incident has gone viral on social media with fans praising Maher for remaining calm throughout. Maher said he had zero interaction with the fan before he came up to him. 'It was the last three minutes of the game and I noticed there were two blokes who were pretty pissed,' Maher told News Corp . 'Dave Hughes was sitting four rows behind me and my attention was caught by Hughesy saying, 'You can't say that to the old bloke, you've crossed the line, take it back, apologise'. 'Then this bloke looked up at me and saw me sitting there and I said, 'Mate, just shoosh'. That was it. 'Then he came over to me and said, 'Andrew Maher, I know you. You will listen to me'. He was pissed and wouldn't sit down so then he got chucked out.' Maher was in the stands with his young daughters after earlier taking part in Carlton's Race for Respect. He said his children were initially 'freaked out' by the situation, but Maher quickly realised that the man wasn't going to do anything stupid. Maher shed more light on the incident on SEN later on Tuesday. 'Well, he was escorted out of the premises. It had nothing to do with me,' he said. 'I just told the fella to sit down. I said, 'Mate, you're going to get thrown out if you keep going'. He got thrown out. 'I missed the start of it, but Dave Hughes was in the middle of it all at the start and doing a very fine job of sticking up for one of our veteran members of society, who had, apparently, drawn some unsavoury language from this bloke.' Maher said there was too much of this happening. 'There's too many blokes going and getting (drunk) at the footy these days. There's too much of it,' he said. 'There's too many blokes going to the footy – go to the footy and having a few beers, by all means – but why do so many people have to go the footy and get three sheets to the breeze? Why does that happen? 'Why can't you just go to the footy and have a couple of beers? Why do you have to come along and get yourself munted and then make a fool of yourself and ruin everyone else's experience.'
Perth Now
2 hours ago
- Perth Now
Video emerges of AFL fan's altercation with Channel 7 star
Security ejected the man after he got in the face of the media personality An AFL fan has been kicked out of the MCG after getting into a verbal altercation with Channel 7 host Andy Maher during Saturday night's clash between Carlton and Melbourne. Footage has emerged of the interaction, which shows the man getting out of his seat and walking over to Maher, who was sitting a few rows back. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: AFL fan kicked out of MCG after exchanging words with Andy Maher. It's unclear what the man says to Maher, who hosts The Front Bar, but a number of other spectators can be heard yelling at security to kick the man out. The man appears wobbly on his feet throughout the interaction, while a woman also appears to try and diffuse the situation. Two security staff then came down the aisle and eventually remove the man, which was applauded by fans in the area. A fan has been filmed confronting The Front Bar host Andy Maher. Credit: X Security promptly removed the man. Credit: X A clip of the incident has gone viral on social media with fans praising Maher for remaining calm throughout. Maher said he had zero interaction with the fan before he came up to him. 'It was the last three minutes of the game and I noticed there were two blokes who were pretty pissed,' Maher told News Corp. 'Dave Hughes was sitting four rows behind me and my attention was caught by Hughesy saying, 'You can't say that to the old bloke, you've crossed the line, take it back, apologise'. 'Then this bloke looked up at me and saw me sitting there and I said, 'Mate, just shoosh'. That was it. 'Then he came over to me and said, 'Andrew Maher, I know you. You will listen to me'. He was pissed and wouldn't sit down so then he got chucked out.' Maher was in the stands with his young daughters after earlier taking part in Carlton's Race for Respect. He said his children were initially 'freaked out' by the situation, but Maher quickly realised that the man wasn't going to do anything stupid. Maher shed more light on the incident on SEN later on Tuesday. 'Well, he was escorted out of the premises. It had nothing to do with me,' he said. 'I just told the fella to sit down. I said, 'Mate, you're going to get thrown out if you keep going'. He got thrown out. 'I missed the start of it, but Dave Hughes was in the middle of it all at the start and doing a very fine job of sticking up for one of our veteran members of society, who had, apparently, drawn some unsavoury language from this bloke.' Maher said there was too much of this happening. 'There's too many blokes going and getting (drunk) at the footy these days. There's too much of it,' he said. 'There's too many blokes going to the footy – go to the footy and having a few beers, by all means – but why do so many people have to go the footy and get three sheets to the breeze? Why does that happen? 'Why can't you just go to the footy and have a couple of beers? Why do you have to come along and get yourself munted and then make a fool of yourself and ruin everyone else's experience.'
