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A couple of rules questions, doubt they would ever happen, but what if it did?
1. First off it is really windy one day, 60kmph or more, favoring one goal 100 percent.
2. After a behind with the wind, the fullback kicks back in and the wind blows the footy over his head behind him for a rush behind. He does this 2 or 3 more times until he figures out to kick out along the ground.
3. When it is done like this over and over, do the rules call this a deliberate rush behind. After a while it is not by accident.
Also, same ground.
1. ball up in the goal square. After a couple of bounces and throwing the ball up, each time the ruckmen never touch the ball, the umpire calls the bounce back because the wind blows the footy out of play each time. Same thing with the boundary umpire in the forward pocket at this end.
2. What do the rules call for in these kind of weather conditions.
I will continue to leave the question open for a few days. Here in America, about the only way a game is called off in gridiron is lightning. My team had two games played in ankle deep water from rain in high school, snow flurries, bitter cold--below -5C at kickoff, etc.
Interesting answers so far.
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- LexicographerLv 610 years agoFavorite Answer
The duty of a "fair game" rests with the umpires so it would be up to them to consult both captains and call the game off. I have previously related on here an incident where we started a game at Uraidla in SA with a high fog cover which dropped to about 3 or 4 foot before half time and the ump called it off because neither he or the goal umps could make fair decisions. A draw was recorded and we split the points with total disregard to the scoreboard. I'd be surprised if umps didn't "test" the conditions before they let play start in 60km winds. Lose the toss and 25 minutes into a 60kph headwind & you'd be totally knackered by 1/4 time !
- 10 years ago
i'm gonna class that as inappropriate weather and say the game would be called off.. It would be a joke to play the game.. none of the kicks would hit their targets, there would be a record amount of out of bounds on the full.. plus if the wind favoured a team that much, they would just boot the ball from centre square every chance they get and it'd sail through for a score.. the other team would have to run the length of the field (into the wind) doing 1 metre handballs to each other until they're right in front of the goals then kick it into the ground to make sure they don't miss...
- shiftyLv 610 years ago
As Yahoo has pointed out. things such as kick ins. boundary throw ins & bounces or ball ups. are all adjusted to as the weather dictates. These practices are more prevalent in games of footy other than AFL. where the grounds are very open & weather conditions. can have a large say in which team ends up winning a game.
cheers.
- chrisarrow222Lv 710 years ago
NFL has cancellations...one that come up now and then is flight delays due to bad weather...and collapsed roof in a dome. Ditto NBA...travel difficulties...and leaking roof with too much water on the floor.
The games you allude to would never be played in those conditions. The match could be abondoned or stopped for a period of time, like in a hail storm.
Nice thinking, but it would never happen, We have had entire rounds of footy cancelled in Melbourne, a few times.
- flumpy37Lv 510 years ago
If you kick the ball and it blows back over your head then its a Category 4 or 5 cyclone ;-)
