Sydney's Shane Mumford and Hawthorn's David Hale contest the opening bounce in the grand final. Umpires will no longer bounce the ball, apart from the opening bounce and after goals. Picture: Michael Klein. Source: Herald Sun
THE traditional bounce down around the ground is dead, potentially providing a significant boost to the giants of the game.
With a ball up providing more consistency, players of the ilk of Fremantle's Aaron Sandilands are more likely to put their height and weight edge to use.
Lower or inaccurate bounces gave smaller players a chance to react, and gain a head-start, but 200cm-plus ruckmen can attack the hitting zone with more certainty.
The bounce will remain at the start of every quarter and after each goal, but was removed from around the ground in one of the significant rule changes ticked off by the AFL Commission.
On average last year, each game featured 24 ball-up around the ground, meaning the tweak has the potential to have a significant impact.
The only positive for smaller, or No.2 ruckmen, could be the fact umpires are now going to be quicker at getting the ball into the air at stoppages.
Without the need to set up for a bounce down, the umpires will throw the ball up more quickly in a move designed to ease congestion.
The speed of the ball being thrown up may preclude players such as Sandilands from contests as they are not quick enough to get there in time.
AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson said the bounce in the centre was not up threat, but backed the moved to a ball up everywhere else.
"You throw it up quicker, gets play moving quicker, hopefully impacts congestion," Anderson said.
Some umpires in the past have been disadvantaged or even cut from the panel because their bouncing was not up to scratch.
Bad bouncers may now be able to avoid the problem, with less work to do.
In another ruck move, players contesting next season must stay apart with no contact permitted until the ball has left the umpire's hand.
The AFL is adamant it will clean up ruck contests and increase the chances of the ball being cleared.
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