The contested possession has increasingly gained prominence in recent years, but there is much debate in the AFL world about its value.
The contested possession has increasingly gained prominence in recent years, with players, coaches, commentators and fans offering different opinions on its role in the AFL .
Originally, Hopkins dubbed contested possessions "disputed ball". The stat was meant to work out who was winning the ball when its control was in doubt. Independent football analyst Andrew Whelan decided to decode what makes up the broad term into more discrete categories."Many of these aren't well understood by the public."
You would also be incorrect if you thought it was the Dockers' Jordan Clark's athletic grab off the Isaac Heeney ground kick.Taking the ball on the full rather than the bounce makes the intercept an uncontested mark, rather than a loose-ball get.That is despite all three possessions happening as intercepts and the Fremantle marks coming under more pressure.
There is one notable surprise: Carlton star midfielder Patrick Cripps currently rates in the top 20 in the area, sitting higher than several true rucks.If Cripps takes a ruck contest, he is the only player more likely to grab the pill than register a hit-out. He also leads the league in a semi-related area. Gathers from hit-outs happen where a player gains the ball from a hit-out to their advantage from their ruck.The Magpies have optimised their stoppage set-ups to provide Daicos the room to operate. The young gun and his two primary rucks, Darcy Cameron and Mason Cox, have forged a strong relationship in reading each other's signs.
The difference between a pre-clearance and post-clearance contested possession is simple. A pre-clearance contested possession happens before the ball is cleared from a stoppage , with the post-clearance happening after. The Bombers — aided by the absence of star Demons ruck Max Gawn — were able to comfortably win the hit-out count.
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