{"id":51016,"date":"2021-03-29T01:14:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T01:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=51016"},"modified":"2021-03-29T01:59:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T01:59:40","slug":"richmond-coach-slams-laughable-new-trial-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=51016","title":{"rendered":"Richmond coach slams 'laughable' new trial rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richmond<\/a> coach Damien Hardwick has unloaded on the new rules being trialled at the VFL level, saying they have created "laughable" free kicks.<\/p>\n

In further attempts to clear up congestion in the game, the AFL has trialled a number of rules in the East Coast state league. <\/p>\n

One such example is teams being required to have three players inside each 50m arc at boundary throw-ins and kick-ins.<\/p>\n

When asked about players who are currently out of Richmond's best 23 taking a step up, Hardwick said the radical rules trialled made it hard for players to prepare for the AFL.<\/p>\n

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"It's so non-AFL like what we're seeing at the moment," he said.<\/p>\n

"The challenge for us is just fitting them in and giving them opportunities to play because the game unfortunately at that lower level, with the rules, is very, very challenging."<\/p>\n

The triple premiership-winning coach said the Tigers had even lobbied to the AFL with regards to the new rules.<\/p>\n

"We've expressed our concerns (to the AFL) so it's over to them, really," he said.<\/p>\n

"We're trying to prepare players for the very best competition in the world, I think. We probably need to have a lower league with probably the same rules, I would think.<\/p>\n

"I think sanity would prevail at some stage, would it not?"<\/p>\n

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