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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 16 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast
Last post by kruddler -Didn't think we played particularly well, Eagles applied very little pressure on the ball carrier and set up poorly defensively. We struggled to deal with Reid's pace and explosiveness. Pitto is a wholehearted trier but the new ruck rules have crucified him and appear to have be written to exclusively punish him....it's going to really hurt us against the stronger teams and it's shake your head kind of stuff. Just bewildering.
No doubt the new rules have hurt him. What i noticed having rewatched part of the game was that the umpires are barely throwing it up. If you look at the timing, Williams was running and jumping as soon as the ball left the umpires hands and was reaching the ball at its peak.
This is essentially taking the timing of the jump out of the contest as well.
Previously when bounced, the height would vary. Now the umpires seem to all throw to the same height, at least they all went the same height in the first quarter.
Need to introduce more randomness into it otherwise the jumper always wins.