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Eight rounds remain in season 2024, and the race for the eight remains as wide open as ever. No fewer than 13 teams are vying for probably six spots in the eight, with Sydney and Carlton, the former four points clear on top and the latter a game and a half ahead of the third-placed Fremantle, the only ones that seem safely September bound. But from the Dockers all the way down to the Hawks in 13th, the gap is so thin that a single Essendon-esque shocker like on Saturday night against Geelong, or the barest of unconvincing wins like Port Adelaide’s over St Kilda on Sunday, are worth their weight in gold.

We have a deliberate behind controversy, a West Coast nightmare, and the Academy and Origin debate to dive into, so let’s do an Alex Neal-Bullen and dive right in! More AFL 1. There’s an easy fix to the deliberate behind controversy When Jye Menzie was pinged for a deliberate behind in the third quarter on Saturday night, amid a quite remarkable run of good fortune for Geelong, Essendon fans – and the rest of the footy world – went off their heads. Then on Sunday, when Kane Farrell handballed to Dan Houston and watched him take two steps back over the line under no pressure, only to not be penalised, controversy again reigned, with the inconsistency of the law’s interpretation causing major angst.



No doubt the AFL will come out on Monday and defend both decisions – and the reason they can is because the law as written in the rules of the game is vague enough for .

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