Australian Rules Football - Close finish.

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This is the part of a series of short videos illustrating various aspects of Australian Rules Football.

This video is the last few minutes of the Brisbane Lions vs Sydney Swans match played on the 18/08/2007.

Of interest are the boos from the crowd when the Swans start playing keepings-off. It is a tatic used to waste time if your team is holding a slender lead close to fulltime. As the commentary team states the only way to stop this is to play man-on-man and not let your direct opponent get clear to take an easy mark.

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Channel: Sports
Uploaded: August 22, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Author: mddawson1

Length: 00:10:01
Rating: 5.00
Views: 2514

Tags: AFL Australian Aussie rules football footy marn grook

Video Comments:
bebopdude7 (October 19, 2008 at 12:37 pm)
Go Swannies!
kkkkaran (September 6, 2008 at 2:05 am)
what is a "third man up"?
mddawson1 (September 6, 2008 at 9:07 am)
This usually means a 3rd player going into a ruck contest. Usually the 2 ruckmen attempt to tap the ball to their teams favour but sometimes a 3rd player will also try & contest the ball.
kkkkaran (September 6, 2008 at 11:18 am)
ohh yeah alrite.

i thought if 2 people from the same team go for the ball in a ruck, it is a free kick, thats what i was taught :/
IllinoisHighwayMan (June 6, 2008 at 2:18 pm)
Has a grand final ever been played to a draw?
mddawson1 (June 6, 2008 at 3:13 pm)
Two grand finals have been drawn: Essendon v Melbourne in 1948 and Collingwood v North Melbourne in 1977. Both times, the match went to a replay the following week, where the victors were Melbourne and North Melbourne, respectively. Now extra time is played to get a winner.
stuntdogs (June 10, 2008 at 7:25 am)
No I dont think so. Extra-time is played in all the other finals. Although the grand final would still be replayed.
whoaitsryan69 (May 13, 2008 at 12:29 am)
how come they don't tackle each other towards the end of the game when they are playing keepings off?
mddawson1 (May 13, 2008 at 4:23 am)
Thats what the commentary team always asks. When that starts happening the opposition should play man-on-man - don't let their opponents get clear. They are beginning to learn.
Legend94Killer (March 21, 2008 at 6:49 am)
browny, awesome.
legendary