Australian Rules Football - Smother.

Duration: 00:38 minutes Upload Time: 2007-06-03 03:27:21 User: mddawson1 :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day

Description: This is the part of a series of short videos illustrating various aspects of Australian Rules Football. A smother is when a player throws themselves in the path of the ball as it is being kicked by an opponent. It is a defensive manouvre to either prevent an opponent moving the ball closer to goal or reducing a goal (6 points) to a behind (1 point) if a shot on goal is taking place. A ball touched by any player prior to passing through the goalposts reduces the scoring to a behind. In this video we see Carlton's Bret Thornton in his 100th game smother the ball as it is being kicked by a Bulldogs player. Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Thornton http://afl.com.au/ http://afl.com.au/Portals/0/afl_docs/2007_LAWS_OF_THE_GAME.pdf http://au.sports.yahoo.com/afl/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aussie_rules http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marn_grook http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_rgzBI