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Published 14:53 13 Jan 2022 GMT
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"In Australia, if you're sitting under the ball while it's coming down and you're sitting underneath waiting for it - if a man is coming behind you, as long as he doesn't put his hands straight out and push you, he can come clean through the back of you. "You're there, you're standing there, he's allowed to go for the ball, and if he wins the ball, then it's his possession. If he comes through, cleans you out of it, and doesn't touch the ball, he's deemed to have fouled you."So I think there might be room for it at certain times, it's something that I do in my game, and the guys who jump high, the reason they jump high is because they jump early, which means when you jump, the fella in front of you is probably only getting ready to jump.
"You just end up there sometimes, if it's a clear contact and you push him out of the way, then it might be a free, but if you have the ability to get up and you're on top of shoulders, I think they should play on."If you watch the AFL, what gets the crowd going the most is when you see some fellow take a big hanger and it's a good part of the game. "It's an athletic part of the game, so I would prefer if it was waved to play on a little bit more often, but Conor Glass' catch (against Scotstown) was a push, so might call him out on that one."
Connellan went on to clarify exactly what the rules should state and how they should be interpreted by referees when deciding if it's a foul or not.
"Even sometimes when the ball is a 50/50 and neither fellow jumps, but one of them out muscles the other, that is deemed as a foul in Gaelic football a lot of the time."All you're doing there is using your body and kind of manipulating him out of the way, but if you want to stick with the Gaelic rules and your knee goes into someone's back, then that could be deemed as a free kick.
"But if you're getting up on top of his shoulders, and you're just sitting up there, I think it should be more of a play on, so you could tweak it a little bit. "I think the way it's done in Australia is actually quite good, because there's no grey areas, if you're sitting under the ball, after you put yourself there, you're going to have to be brave."If someone comes through, cleans you out but wins the ball, then that's fine, but if they don't win the ball, it's your free, so it's pretty straightforward when it's put like that."
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