Re: Rules get a tweak
AFL closes in on goal-line technology for 2012
Caroline Wilson - The Age - 27 October
THE AFL looks certain to introduce new technology to prevent a repeat of Sharrod Wellingham's incorrectly awarded goal in the 2011 grand final, with a recommendation expected to be put to the commission before Christmas.
And the AFL is looking at further NAB Cup experimentation by awarding a ''double goal'' for a torpedo scored from outside 50 metres.
AFL football operations boss Adrian Anderson said the 12-point goal could prove a crowd-pleaser given the affection of football fans for the ''torp''. He said it was one of several pre-season proposals to go before the competition's executive in the coming month, including:
■Boundary and goal umpires allowed to pay obvious free kicks for holding and high contact.
■Ruckmen not permitted to make contact for boundary throw-ins and around-the-ground bounces.
■Free kicks not paid for last touch over the boundary but for last kick, handball or when a player walked the ball over the line.
■A different configuration of the eight-man interchange bench.
■Regular home-and-away rules for week four of the pre-season competition.
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