(09-08-2024, 01:49 AM)PaulP date Wrote:I think the rule changes around HTB etc are a big reason behind the hot potato disposal epidemic.Possibly, we can't talk in absolutes.
But relatively, watch them dispose of the ball when tackled, and compare to our disposal of the ball when tackled. They find a team-mate, we find an opponent.
Funnily or not so funnily [member=64]PaulP[/member], what happened yesterday was what I had originally feared would happen when the rule emphasis changed. I thought the new HTB and Ruck rule interpretation disadvantaged our Rucks and Mids, and advantaged blokes like Meek and McInerney, but we seemed to have escaped those effects until yesterday.
It's bizarre some at Carlton would call for removal of prior, an even worse situation for our slower midfield that relies on bigger heavier bodies to create a clearance.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"