I completely concur with [member=230]RiverRat[/member] , the strict Stand and 6/6/6 rule in combination gave our team of heavy bodied clearance specialist an edge, and now the changes and tweaks to the "rule interpretations" for 2023 we lost the advantages.
But personally, I had expected a better year than ever for BigH and Charlie, given the changes in the umpiring I expected more of the scragging and arm chop penalties to go the way of our Twin Coleman medallists, but in fact it seems to have hurt them!
Separately, tunnelling is back, on multiple occasions over the last few weeks we've seen Weiters, McGovern, BigH and Cripps all tunnelled in marking contests without penalty. What chance do we have?
Last weekend, BigH straight out punched in the back of the head by Moore, Moore's arm horizontal while BigH tries to mark arms up overhead, the umpire with a perfect side on view and no penalty. Filth fans were laughing about it, just horrendous umpiring! Yet they'll see and penalise the slightest tug of a jumper from 50m away!
But personally, I had expected a better year than ever for BigH and Charlie, given the changes in the umpiring I expected more of the scragging and arm chop penalties to go the way of our Twin Coleman medallists, but in fact it seems to have hurt them!
Separately, tunnelling is back, on multiple occasions over the last few weeks we've seen Weiters, McGovern, BigH and Cripps all tunnelled in marking contests without penalty. What chance do we have?
Last weekend, BigH straight out punched in the back of the head by Moore, Moore's arm horizontal while BigH tries to mark arms up overhead, the umpire with a perfect side on view and no penalty. Filth fans were laughing about it, just horrendous umpiring! Yet they'll see and penalise the slightest tug of a jumper from 50m away!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"