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Originally posted by sharp9
Hang on...so there's a rule that says if you drop a mark you get pinged because it was too hard for you and it would have been a screamer if you'd held on to it? Which rule is that, Liz?
Hands on the ball is an attempted mark IMO
Hang on...so there's a rule that says if you drop a mark you get pinged because it was too hard for you and it would have been a screamer if you'd held on to it? Which rule is that, Liz?
Hands on the ball is an attempted mark IMO
It's always a matter of judgement for the umpires when a player goes for a screamer, takes an opponent out of the contest and doesn't mark whether it was a realistic attempt or not. By definition, if the player holds on to the ball it was a realistic attempt, however outrageous the attempt was.
I remember against the Pies earlier this season Goodes jumped way too early but took the ball as he was coming down - thus it had to be a realistic attempt. The look on Buckley's face was priceless when he saw Goodes actually had the ball!
In Sunday's game, Leo's attempt clearly demonstrates that you don't get pinged just for dropping the mark. He didn't take it but obviously the umpire (correctly) deemed it to be a reasonable attempt because he got so close. If he hadn't got his hands to the ball as he did he would almost certainly have given away the free.
I can't quote rules numbers, but incidental contact in a marking contest is fine. Taking a player out of contest when you're not contesting yourself isn't. An unrealistic attempt counts as not really contesting yourself.
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