06-29-2022, 08:51 AM
(06-29-2022, 07:35 AM)Lods link Wrote:This is one that actually confuses me.
Maybe I'm missing something.
If a player deliberately kicks a ball out of bounds it's a free kick.
If a player in attempting to spoil a mark knocks the ball out of play (often with obvious intent to find the boundary) it isn't.
The question is why?
18.10 OUT OF BOUNDS
18.10.1 Spirit and Intention
Players shall be encouraged to keep the football in play.
18.10.2 Free Kicks - Out of Bounds
A field Umpire shall award a Free Kick against a Player who:
(a) Kicks the football Out of Bounds On the Full;
(b) Kicks, Handballs or forces the football over the Boundary Line and
does not demonstrate sufficient intent to keep the football in play; or
© fails to immediately hand the football to the boundary Umpire or drop
the football directly to the ground once the football is Out of Bounds.
Spoils can't be penalised as deliberate, even if it goes 20 rows back.