The Bedge wrote:I would prefer seeing one boundary umpire on one side, than none at all.. no harm surely.
The Ingle Farm vs Trinity B grade game I watched went smoothly without boundary umpires (although one sided), it actually seemed like players were more aware of the rules and what was happening than the umpires - often they'd just hand the ball over to the opposition for their kick, or pick up and someone would already be standing the mark, whilst the umpires were still hobbling around into position.
On that note, how was the last touch rule especially for the B & C grade where fitness levels maybe aren't as great.
Did players make any particular comments? The competition up here is moving to the rule as well....kind of looking forward to it. Might linger around the boundary line looking for easy kicks