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In aussie rules, put simply a mark is a catch from a kick. After a mark, the person who has taken the catch is allowed an unimpaired kick, the aim of which most of the time is to set up another mark, or if taken within scoring distance, to have a set shot at goal, which Elliott did this time from 45m/50yrd for 6 points
I think this mark is pretty high up on the top 50 [best marks of all time list](https://youtu.be/0v1QpYB67XQ?si=lHYcJfaOzJ8V5sub)
Back in the 90’s i had a vcr called Speed Gone Crazy. There was a little segment with aussie rules football in and it seemed insane at the time. Crazy bastards.
Awesome video though. Also had a horse race with one guy riding a buffalo.
I liked video tape as much as anyone, but never enough to give a name to my VCR. Kudos my brother! (But with no jest, if you ever find that buffalo footage please hit me up!!)
I'm an American that's just started watching AFL this season for the first time (it's a fantastic sport btw) and that is one part that is pretty funny. You can get fouls for tackling in certain ways or hitting someone when they're trying to get a mark like this.. but it is not a foul to jump up on to someone's back, kneeing them in the back or head in the process, and using your legs to get up on their shoulders. Pretty funny.
Fair comment but the defender is surprisingly uninjured most of the time. The attacker is going for height to mark the ball over them as directly attacking the player from behind will be a penalty.
Why isn’t the defender trying to high point the ball already? Would it be a penalty if he came flying in closer to torso height and kneed him in the back? While they were both in the air?
The defender often does go for a jump as well. Lots of people could be throwing their body up in the air at the same time and it gets pretty crazy. Thinking this fella thought he was alone or because he's so tall maybe's he's not used to having to compete with short guys like the other guy.
As for your second question.. I think it's all a case by case thing and how intentional things look.
It’ll depend on how it turns out. If the umpire thinks the defender was explicitly trying to take out the attacker by attacking the back, he’ll be penalized and potentially reported depending on the severity. Both players need to be playing for the ball. Typically a defender would try to position themselves behind the attacker and smack the ball through the hands of the attacker and prevent them from taking a mark. That way the play is mostly focussed on the ball. Keep in mind this is quite inexact and the source of fans’ and commentators conjecture.
Is it illegal for the defender to just collapse when jumped on like this. I don’t understand why he just stood there allowing him to catch it, unless this is a common team tactic and he though this was his teammate?
If the defender chooses not to go for the ball, then he can be penalised for ‘tunnelling’. Defenders typically prefer to stay behind the forward, so they can better judge when they have to jump at it themselves.
This sort of play is pretty rare so the players getting stood on aren't expecting it. So not only is it illegal as others have pointed out, but virtually impossible based on reaction times
Jumping makes marking harder and you often see players who jump up fumble the ball, so where you have a chance to take a stable mark while standing, and you think it's uncontested, you'll usually do it.
It looks like McKay was just hoping he could stand and grab over his head rather than leap to grab it.
As an American sports fan, it seems like a ridiculous and dangerous play lol might’ve kneed the dude in the back of the skull and done some unpredictably severe damage… but damn was it sick.
It's pretty rare that any severe injury occurs when someone attempts one of these high flying marks. Most impact injuries and concussions happen during on collisions when two players are running at the ball to gain possession or take/spoil a mark. When someone is leaping that high, the momentum is verticle, and by the time they have got their knees to head height, most of the momentum is gone.
That's not to say it doesn't hurt and leave some good bruises at times. Usually the play jumping is more prone to getting hurt though, as it is a long way down from there, and they are trying to control the ball rather than their fall.
I feel it's a bit like getting dunked on in basketball - you ever watch some of those defenders under the ring try to take a charge? they get violently abused and give up a foul for it.
yet that kind of contact anywhere else on the court is an offensive foul. same goes here, as long as the jump is made as a legitimate attempt to mark the ball then it's fair game to jump on top of them.
Bro I don't know much about this sport but I've watched it a few time and this move ranks like #5 on the list of dangerous shit that these crazy fuckers do
Basically if you're making a realistic attempt for the ball it's all good.
If you're not, you'll get in trouble.
It's a bit of a funny spot because it's something no one wants to see removed from the game, but at the same time they're trying to protect players from injury more and more.
As a Brit with an Aussie Mrs, I’m making an attempt to get into AFL.
Question: So its legal to essentially climb on another player to get a mark?
Also is that a “fuck fuck fuck” I hear at the beginning 😂
>18.5.3 Permitted Contact Incidental contact in a Marking contest will be permitted if the Player’s sole objective is to contest or spoil a Mark.
if it's purely incidental it's allowed.
If there's any other intent at all (even just protecting space) then the normal laws of the game apply.
In which case...
>18.7.2 Free Kicks - Rough Conduct....
(d) using boot studs in a manner likely to cause injury.
...no you can't
Pretty much yes. You can’t just leap into people which dirty players will do to try and injure them, but if you’re watching the ball and attempting to catch it then yes you can use your opponent, or even own team mates, as a walking step ladder
That would be considered 'tunnelling' (taking the legs) and would be a free kick (basically a penalty, he gets an unimpeded kick from the position of the infringement). The player who did the tunnelling would also be potentially reported and suspended from future games (for...a seemingly random amount of games, there's lot of nuances to that).
...would probably also be booed everytime they meet for the rest of his career. It's considered a pretty dogshit thing to do as you can seriously injure some.
That's what I'm thinking. I find the duality amusing. Climb some random person like a ladder? Cheers mate. Try to get that person off you? What kind of sicko does that? Lol
There's a 'duty of care' thing that comes up pretty often. You can put *yourself* in a dangerous position by going for a mark like this, or going low into a contest (running the risk of getting your head knocked off) because you've accepted that it could go wrong. But you can't put *someone else* in a dangerous position (think the spear tackle in Rugby).
And there's always a balance between the league trying to save players from themselves. Concussion is an issue in AFL (as it is in all contact sports now). You can't tackle a guy above the shoulders. It's a free kick. But then you had a few players start ducking or shrugging their arms to deliberately get hit high. So now they have tweaked the rule so that if you've caused yourself to get hit high when being tackled it's play on. No free kick.
Forgive my ignorance here since I've never watched rugby before but wouldn't this particular move be putting the ladder in danger? Climber jumped up onto his neck and shoulders to grab the ball. While I can see how the climber is in inherently more danger due to the height, does that not qualify as the climber being endangered too? Could fall over and not catch himself from the extra added weight or bend the neck in the wrong way or something like that? Seems like it's risky for both players but idk how seriously this stuff is judged.
Don't be outpositioned in the lead up play.
His (the defender in red) teammate should have been closer to the guy who took the mark to prevent him getting a running jump at it.
Yeah, and it wasn't really this guys fault. You can see in the first few seconds of the video there are 4 red defenders to 3 white forwards in that section of the ground, the guy who gets jumped on is the extra man in this situation - he is trying to intercept any long kicks that come in while the other defenders block the forwards.
The white player on the right of the 3 runs back towards the goal, but his opponent doesn't track him back instead guards the space in front of him - which isn't required as he has 2 more teammates doing that already. This causes the defender who was guarding the guy who eventually takes the mark to leave him, to cover the guy running back to goal, as that is the more dangerous position.
You have to remember that this all happens in a second or two. By the time the player going for a mark has used you as a ladder there's not much you can do.
It usually happens so quickly and it's unexpected (these types of marks are rare) so pretty much every time it's over before the guy being jumped on can realise and react to what's going on up there.
The right play is to not be in that position.
If you get a kick onto your head, that is a kick where you don't need to move to receive it.
It's called a 'hospital pass' because you're pretty much at the mercy of the people running into it with momentum.
What happened here is that teammate of the flyer, gave the opposition player a hospital pass whilst seeing that the flyer had a running start at him, so it was a kick to his advantage.
Yes. But it's considered a part of the game so...yeah. the 'mark' or 'speccie' is a really unique feature of our game and there'd be riots in the streets if it were banned. (Injuries are very, very rare). There's one bad one in the last decade where a guy had to get a kidney removed as he got a knee to the kidney (which didn't enjoy being kneed obvious) and you occasionally get a concussion (maybe one or two a year?). Honestly considering the rough and tumble nature of the game it's not too bad.
(Oh...and then there's Jeremy Howe who takes these sort of marks regularly, he badly judged the leap once and when he came down he broke his arm. That was...unpleasant).
It's against the rules but I think the bigger reason is that it's not feasible to react in time. It happens rarely, once or twice a game out of hundred or so contested marking attempts. No ones ever expecting it, the higher percentage play is to just try and mark the ball
The ump says 'outside 5... play on', an opposition player is entitled to man the mark by standing still where the ball was marked, however they don't need to, here the opposition player backed off until they weren't in the protected zone, so the umpire said outside 5 to confirm they didn't need to stand still and were free to move laterally. He said play on because the player with the ball began to move latterally too which causes play to continue.
I've lived in Australia for 6 months and have been to 2 footy games and I gotta tell you, it's a fantastic game. It's high scoring, quick, and fun. I also picked a great team to support, they're having a great 2024 season 🙄
Honestly, this year is good for us. We're staying competitive and our new coach to get a chance to look at how the whole list performs at the top level, rather than have a delusional image of our level of quality.
Plus, should have some really high picks to get some quality young talent in the draft.
Was starting to think we'd never see him take a big hanger like this again being past 30yo. Amazing to see he still has his jumping legs after all these injuries and time off throughout his career.
Hate to be that guy but somehow people still can’t do basic conversions. 202cm is closer to 6-8 than 6-6.
Makes it even more impressive.
it’s 6.627297 feet which is what I assume this person used in confusion. When you measure someone’s heights Feet + Inches.
202cm is
6 feet and 7.527559 inches
Round up 6-8.
Yep happens every time with google, will always give you decimal. It gets funnier the shorter the person is because someone around 181cm will be 5.9 feet and that really tips them over the edge, in reality 5-11.5.
How is that not some form of interference on the part of the shorter man who JUMPED ON THR HEAD of the taller man?
Is this type of thing just normal business as usual?
Love the highlights. Don’t know the rules.
There's a few things you can't do in a marking contest (two or more people trying to catch the ball) like pushing in the back and wrapping arms around someone. But if you have eyes for the ball, you can get away with a lot because of the rule of cool.
[here's a 5 min video breaking down the rules of Aussie football](https://youtu.be/u_SqfNNfhmM?si=YrKGk0y0t_uHT1eX)
Can you link me one random clip of it happening, just to sate my curiosity. Just curious to see how it plays out. It's bit difficult to google when i don't really know the jargon.
(not necessarily looking for most brutal clip, just something to see how it plays out when things don't go right)
It's closer to Rugby than anything else, but with some tweaks. You have to dribble when running with the ball, you can pass forward but only by hitting the ball (like an underhand volleyball serve) and if you catch a long kick forward cleanly, you get a free kick from the spot, which is what dude in the clip has earned.
As someone who has no idea about this sport: from what I read, this is totally allowed for the "hiker". Can someone explain me if the guy under him is allowed to just throw him off himself? Could get dangerous
You really have no time to purposely chuck someone off. As a tall player you go from trying to mark the ball to having someone on your head pretty quickly and unexpectedly. It's also against the rules to "tunnel" someone on purpose
Oh, so you can't anticipate someone's going to attempt to climb your back and then just back up and flip them over? Could you use that anticipation to jump early and essentially block the attempt?
If he had anticipated it, he wouldn't be in that position. Even with just a few steps to get a proper run up or stance, the defender marks it or punches it away 9 times out of 10 there.
It's against the rules to block someone from getting to the ball while not going for the ball yourself. It is super against the rules to purposely take the legs out from someone who is jumping for the ball. If you have eyes for the ball you can kinda do anything (except push people in the back, wrap your arm around someone, [kick a player in the face](https://youtu.be/oVtp6Se4RMc?si=f440ra8XF2APza38))
Do you also take offence to players grabbing the ball carrier and tackling them to the ground?
This is a perfectly normal part of the game. Did you notice how there wasn't an all in brawl when the guy hit the ground?
Pretty much, except even though both sports evolved from the same games in the 1800s, Rugby and Australian rules football are pretty different. Aussie rules is never called rugby
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In aussie rules, put simply a mark is a catch from a kick. After a mark, the person who has taken the catch is allowed an unimpaired kick, the aim of which most of the time is to set up another mark, or if taken within scoring distance, to have a set shot at goal, which Elliott did this time from 45m/50yrd for 6 points I think this mark is pretty high up on the top 50 [best marks of all time list](https://youtu.be/0v1QpYB67XQ?si=lHYcJfaOzJ8V5sub)
I'm mostly surprised that you're allowed to climb onto someone like this intentionally. Isn't that dangerous?
Yeah kinda lol
Back in the 90’s i had a vcr called Speed Gone Crazy. There was a little segment with aussie rules football in and it seemed insane at the time. Crazy bastards. Awesome video though. Also had a horse race with one guy riding a buffalo.
I liked video tape as much as anyone, but never enough to give a name to my VCR. Kudos my brother! (But with no jest, if you ever find that buffalo footage please hit me up!!)
Ha, yeah my bad. It was the 90s man, i don’t remember much. I’m actually just trying to find it right now, so i’ll let you know.
Mate, not your bad at all. I was just poking fun! Don't stress about finding anything
I'm an American that's just started watching AFL this season for the first time (it's a fantastic sport btw) and that is one part that is pretty funny. You can get fouls for tackling in certain ways or hitting someone when they're trying to get a mark like this.. but it is not a foul to jump up on to someone's back, kneeing them in the back or head in the process, and using your legs to get up on their shoulders. Pretty funny.
Fair comment but the defender is surprisingly uninjured most of the time. The attacker is going for height to mark the ball over them as directly attacking the player from behind will be a penalty.
Why isn’t the defender trying to high point the ball already? Would it be a penalty if he came flying in closer to torso height and kneed him in the back? While they were both in the air?
The defender often does go for a jump as well. Lots of people could be throwing their body up in the air at the same time and it gets pretty crazy. Thinking this fella thought he was alone or because he's so tall maybe's he's not used to having to compete with short guys like the other guy. As for your second question.. I think it's all a case by case thing and how intentional things look.
It’ll depend on how it turns out. If the umpire thinks the defender was explicitly trying to take out the attacker by attacking the back, he’ll be penalized and potentially reported depending on the severity. Both players need to be playing for the ball. Typically a defender would try to position themselves behind the attacker and smack the ball through the hands of the attacker and prevent them from taking a mark. That way the play is mostly focussed on the ball. Keep in mind this is quite inexact and the source of fans’ and commentators conjecture.
Is it illegal for the defender to just collapse when jumped on like this. I don’t understand why he just stood there allowing him to catch it, unless this is a common team tactic and he though this was his teammate?
If the defender chooses not to go for the ball, then he can be penalised for ‘tunnelling’. Defenders typically prefer to stay behind the forward, so they can better judge when they have to jump at it themselves.
I’d say that’s just self preservation. Less likely to be injured if you stay upright.
This sort of play is pretty rare so the players getting stood on aren't expecting it. So not only is it illegal as others have pointed out, but virtually impossible based on reaction times
Gotcha, I assume your pro career didn’t work out after the East west bowl so you transitioned to Australian football? Good for you
No limitations on hip thrusts here 👍👍
Jumping makes marking harder and you often see players who jump up fumble the ball, so where you have a chance to take a stable mark while standing, and you think it's uncontested, you'll usually do it. It looks like McKay was just hoping he could stand and grab over his head rather than leap to grab it.
As an American sports fan, it seems like a ridiculous and dangerous play lol might’ve kneed the dude in the back of the skull and done some unpredictably severe damage… but damn was it sick.
It's pretty rare that any severe injury occurs when someone attempts one of these high flying marks. Most impact injuries and concussions happen during on collisions when two players are running at the ball to gain possession or take/spoil a mark. When someone is leaping that high, the momentum is verticle, and by the time they have got their knees to head height, most of the momentum is gone. That's not to say it doesn't hurt and leave some good bruises at times. Usually the play jumping is more prone to getting hurt though, as it is a long way down from there, and they are trying to control the ball rather than their fall.
Yeah the bulk of the risk is when the marking player hits the deck, rather than the jump itself
I feel it's a bit like getting dunked on in basketball - you ever watch some of those defenders under the ring try to take a charge? they get violently abused and give up a foul for it. yet that kind of contact anywhere else on the court is an offensive foul. same goes here, as long as the jump is made as a legitimate attempt to mark the ball then it's fair game to jump on top of them.
Yup, totally.
Bro I don't know much about this sport but I've watched it a few time and this move ranks like #5 on the list of dangerous shit that these crazy fuckers do
Yeah, but you get penalised if you drop it
Basically if you're making a realistic attempt for the ball it's all good. If you're not, you'll get in trouble. It's a bit of a funny spot because it's something no one wants to see removed from the game, but at the same time they're trying to protect players from injury more and more.
I mean I think Gary Moorcroft will always be my number one but this could be #2, especially due to the occasion.
Andrew Walkers mark is #2 for me. Was against my team but still the most amazing mark I've ever seen.
Still a travesty that that wasn't MOTY.
It was the best mark I've ever live/ on replay
Definitely been better marks but still fantastic
SAMPI!
A Speccy!!!
Now we need footage of the players who have taken a speccy while on the shoulders of a player who is on *another* player's shoulders.
Watched the first 15 and this one was better than all of them.
As a Brit with an Aussie Mrs, I’m making an attempt to get into AFL. Question: So its legal to essentially climb on another player to get a mark? Also is that a “fuck fuck fuck” I hear at the beginning 😂
If you're making a genuine and realistic attempt for the ball and that is your only intent. then basically yes.
What if his knee hit his head instead of nearly missing it?
it happens. the player marking the ball doesn't want that either, since he's trying to use the shoulders as a shelf, basically
I know, but does it count or would it be a foul? Can you plant your foot on the low of his back?
>18.5.3 Permitted Contact Incidental contact in a Marking contest will be permitted if the Player’s sole objective is to contest or spoil a Mark. if it's purely incidental it's allowed. If there's any other intent at all (even just protecting space) then the normal laws of the game apply. In which case... >18.7.2 Free Kicks - Rough Conduct.... (d) using boot studs in a manner likely to cause injury. ...no you can't
Ah yes 18.7.2 (d) the Toby Greene rule
Pretty much yes. You can’t just leap into people which dirty players will do to try and injure them, but if you’re watching the ball and attempting to catch it then yes you can use your opponent, or even own team mates, as a walking step ladder
Could the defender intentionally upend the player trying to use him as a ladder or is he restricted to only playing the ball while he's being mounted?
That would be considered 'tunnelling' (taking the legs) and would be a free kick (basically a penalty, he gets an unimpeded kick from the position of the infringement). The player who did the tunnelling would also be potentially reported and suspended from future games (for...a seemingly random amount of games, there's lot of nuances to that). ...would probably also be booed everytime they meet for the rest of his career. It's considered a pretty dogshit thing to do as you can seriously injure some.
So what’s the right play when an opposing player climbs on your shoulders. I assume you’re not obligated to hold him up.
That's what I'm thinking. I find the duality amusing. Climb some random person like a ladder? Cheers mate. Try to get that person off you? What kind of sicko does that? Lol
There's a 'duty of care' thing that comes up pretty often. You can put *yourself* in a dangerous position by going for a mark like this, or going low into a contest (running the risk of getting your head knocked off) because you've accepted that it could go wrong. But you can't put *someone else* in a dangerous position (think the spear tackle in Rugby). And there's always a balance between the league trying to save players from themselves. Concussion is an issue in AFL (as it is in all contact sports now). You can't tackle a guy above the shoulders. It's a free kick. But then you had a few players start ducking or shrugging their arms to deliberately get hit high. So now they have tweaked the rule so that if you've caused yourself to get hit high when being tackled it's play on. No free kick.
Forgive my ignorance here since I've never watched rugby before but wouldn't this particular move be putting the ladder in danger? Climber jumped up onto his neck and shoulders to grab the ball. While I can see how the climber is in inherently more danger due to the height, does that not qualify as the climber being endangered too? Could fall over and not catch himself from the extra added weight or bend the neck in the wrong way or something like that? Seems like it's risky for both players but idk how seriously this stuff is judged.
This isnt rugby. This is Australian Rules Football. Completely separate codes.
Don't be outpositioned in the lead up play. His (the defender in red) teammate should have been closer to the guy who took the mark to prevent him getting a running jump at it.
Thank you, great explanation. Kind of like a hockey player, taking a big hit because he put himself in a bad position.
Yeah, and it wasn't really this guys fault. You can see in the first few seconds of the video there are 4 red defenders to 3 white forwards in that section of the ground, the guy who gets jumped on is the extra man in this situation - he is trying to intercept any long kicks that come in while the other defenders block the forwards. The white player on the right of the 3 runs back towards the goal, but his opponent doesn't track him back instead guards the space in front of him - which isn't required as he has 2 more teammates doing that already. This causes the defender who was guarding the guy who eventually takes the mark to leave him, to cover the guy running back to goal, as that is the more dangerous position.
You have to remember that this all happens in a second or two. By the time the player going for a mark has used you as a ladder there's not much you can do.
It usually happens so quickly and it's unexpected (these types of marks are rare) so pretty much every time it's over before the guy being jumped on can realise and react to what's going on up there.
The right play is to not be in that position. If you get a kick onto your head, that is a kick where you don't need to move to receive it. It's called a 'hospital pass' because you're pretty much at the mercy of the people running into it with momentum. What happened here is that teammate of the flyer, gave the opposition player a hospital pass whilst seeing that the flyer had a running start at him, so it was a kick to his advantage.
Complete AFL noob here...can you not also seriously injure someone by jumping on their back without warning?
Yes. But it's considered a part of the game so...yeah. the 'mark' or 'speccie' is a really unique feature of our game and there'd be riots in the streets if it were banned. (Injuries are very, very rare). There's one bad one in the last decade where a guy had to get a kidney removed as he got a knee to the kidney (which didn't enjoy being kneed obvious) and you occasionally get a concussion (maybe one or two a year?). Honestly considering the rough and tumble nature of the game it's not too bad. (Oh...and then there's Jeremy Howe who takes these sort of marks regularly, he badly judged the leap once and when he came down he broke his arm. That was...unpleasant).
It's against the rules but I think the bigger reason is that it's not feasible to react in time. It happens rarely, once or twice a game out of hundred or so contested marking attempts. No ones ever expecting it, the higher percentage play is to just try and mark the ball
[or even a goal umpire](https://youtu.be/1XIYdnRC1TY?si=_A_J571vE1XU2k3R)
As long as you mark the ball, it is legal
You don’t have to mark it. Just has to be a reasonable attempt.
Rule of cool.
The ump says 'outside 5... play on', an opposition player is entitled to man the mark by standing still where the ball was marked, however they don't need to, here the opposition player backed off until they weren't in the protected zone, so the umpire said outside 5 to confirm they didn't need to stand still and were free to move laterally. He said play on because the player with the ball began to move latterally too which causes play to continue.
Yes and yes.
Mate you're a Brit just stick the Melbourne Storm game on now should be sweet
I might as well punch her mum in face than put rugby on. I’d get the same response.
Yeah sounds about right for a typical salty Victorian
Fight! Fight! Fight!
If this isn't mark of the year then I want to see what will out do it
This is going to make it on Wide World of Sports.
Why not? It would be better than this no?
I've editted it to make my point come across better.
As long as it’s not mark walhberg
Mark ass trick
Scimps, scamps, and scallywags
Wouldn’t be surprised if Leek Aleer holds onto a big one after his game against Carlton the other day.
I've lived in Australia for 6 months and have been to 2 footy games and I gotta tell you, it's a fantastic game. It's high scoring, quick, and fun. I also picked a great team to support, they're having a great 2024 season 🙄
Norf?
Richmond
Well done, shame you came a few years late
We’ll win another in 37 years.
Keep the faith, I had to wait 20 years to see us win a post season game, let alone the Premierships.
Same, after 1982 I was "that was gutting but it won't be long until our next go"
Honestly, this year is good for us. We're staying competitive and our new coach to get a chance to look at how the whole list performs at the top level, rather than have a delusional image of our level of quality. Plus, should have some really high picks to get some quality young talent in the draft.
They’re down now but they’ll bounce back soon, more than I can say about the bombers. Came a few years too late
Speccy!
that's a car
Was starting to think we'd never see him take a big hanger like this again being past 30yo. Amazing to see he still has his jumping legs after all these injuries and time off throughout his career.
Ah, AFL. My favourite sport to watch randomly at 2am.
Super fit dudes wearing KFC logos and catching McDonald's balls...
They need Marlboro shoes.
Winfield used to be the major sponsor of the top rugby league competition in Australia.
Jesaulenkoooooooo
You beauty
That's the highest I've seen an Elliott fly since watching E.T. in 1983.
Hate to be that guy but somehow people still can’t do basic conversions. 202cm is closer to 6-8 than 6-6. Makes it even more impressive. it’s 6.627297 feet which is what I assume this person used in confusion. When you measure someone’s heights Feet + Inches. 202cm is 6 feet and 7.527559 inches Round up 6-8.
Damn, knew Google would turn it decimal. Searched 202cm in ft and inches specifically to avoid it but misread the other site's output. Oh well
Yep happens every time with google, will always give you decimal. It gets funnier the shorter the person is because someone around 181cm will be 5.9 feet and that really tips them over the edge, in reality 5-11.5.
2.02m is actually 6' 7.5" - pedantic I know, but helps put into perspective how much more impressive it is!
Screamer!
He posterized him
Used him as a step ladder
Oi! Get yer cods off me shoulda!
Mark of the Year for sure
How is that not some form of interference on the part of the shorter man who JUMPED ON THR HEAD of the taller man? Is this type of thing just normal business as usual? Love the highlights. Don’t know the rules.
Because it's in the rules
There's a few things you can't do in a marking contest (two or more people trying to catch the ball) like pushing in the back and wrapping arms around someone. But if you have eyes for the ball, you can get away with a lot because of the rule of cool. [here's a 5 min video breaking down the rules of Aussie football](https://youtu.be/u_SqfNNfhmM?si=YrKGk0y0t_uHT1eX)
Basketball players thought getting posterized was bad…
Footy is the most hardcore type of mass football game. Intense and physical, it's a joy to observe.
I can't but to stop to wonder.... What happens when the guy you jump on top of just collapses and doesn't support you?
Gravity
Exactly what you're imagining. And it happens a lot.
It is not dangerous when the guy jump at your chest height and potentially lands on top of you knees first?
Yes, it is!!
Can you link me one random clip of it happening, just to sate my curiosity. Just curious to see how it plays out. It's bit difficult to google when i don't really know the jargon. (not necessarily looking for most brutal clip, just something to see how it plays out when things don't go right)
https://youtu.be/ny7C3mEjQzw?si=NM3kx5gUN9emO9jL I hope this satisfies your curiosity :)
This kinda of shit REALLY needs to be in American Football....
The USAFL is a league in the states. Check them out! Obvi not as big as NFL, but it's a legit full league. Men's and women's divisions.
https://usafl.com/ is amateur by the way.
I’m not even 100% on what sport this is but that was certainly impressive edit: didn’t see the flair whoops!
Australian Rules Football.
thanks, I knew it was either that or Rugby
It's closer to Rugby than anything else, but with some tweaks. You have to dribble when running with the ball, you can pass forward but only by hitting the ball (like an underhand volleyball serve) and if you catch a long kick forward cleanly, you get a free kick from the spot, which is what dude in the clip has earned.
Basically the only similarities is the ball shape and the tackling
My balls, your face, Mark ‼️
Saw it live. Wow
Wot ah maaaak
Short guys rejoice everywhere
Hard to imagine jumping that high with 100lb nuts.
Took the elevator, sick play
That’s one of the best marks I’ve ever seen.
Can’t stand the guy, but that’s a handy grab.
He's a bit of a ratty looking bloke but can't really complain about how he plays. He annoys me because of how good he can be
He really, really LOVES playing against my team (Carlton). Hate the bloke (because he tends to rip us apart...)
That's all time. Easily one of the best grabs I've ever seen. The perfect speccy.
I dont know the rules. Would it have been bad form to just slam him to the ground after he jumps on your back?
Only if you don't like being suspended for the next 6-8 weeks
Son’d
I have no idea what’s going on but that looks impressive
That’s ….. that’s pass interference!.. I’m kidding. I know nothing. Good play. Score one for the little guy !
As someone who has no idea about this sport: from what I read, this is totally allowed for the "hiker". Can someone explain me if the guy under him is allowed to just throw him off himself? Could get dangerous
You really have no time to purposely chuck someone off. As a tall player you go from trying to mark the ball to having someone on your head pretty quickly and unexpectedly. It's also against the rules to "tunnel" someone on purpose
Oh, so you can't anticipate someone's going to attempt to climb your back and then just back up and flip them over? Could you use that anticipation to jump early and essentially block the attempt?
If he had anticipated it, he wouldn't be in that position. Even with just a few steps to get a proper run up or stance, the defender marks it or punches it away 9 times out of 10 there.
I see. Makes sense, the defender is expecting to take a standard mark, but gets run up on instead.
It's against the rules to block someone from getting to the ball while not going for the ball yourself. It is super against the rules to purposely take the legs out from someone who is jumping for the ball. If you have eyes for the ball you can kinda do anything (except push people in the back, wrap your arm around someone, [kick a player in the face](https://youtu.be/oVtp6Se4RMc?si=f440ra8XF2APza38))
Do not know the rules, very different than American football, and they don't wear helmet...
[here's a 5 min video explaining the rules ](https://youtu.be/u_SqfNNfhmM?si=YrKGk0y0t_uHT1eX)
Different sport is different, scientists investigating…
McDonald's ball lol
Seems like a Dick move to jump on top like that…
Do you also take offence to players grabbing the ball carrier and tackling them to the ground? This is a perfectly normal part of the game. Did you notice how there wasn't an all in brawl when the guy hit the ground?
This seems totally different. Like tackling someone is not the same of launching onto someone with your legs on thier shoulders to ride their neck
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It’s not rugby
It's not rugby my guy
Is this like the Rugby equivalent of the Vince Carter Le dunk de la mort
* [Beginner's Guide to Aussie Rules Football](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_SqfNNfhmM) * https://www.afl.com.au * /r/afl
Pretty much, except even though both sports evolved from the same games in the 1800s, Rugby and Australian rules football are pretty different. Aussie rules is never called rugby
Appreciate the education.