Oct 10,2024
Rule 1.11
"The Goalkeeper can only receive the ball from a teammate:
(a) Inside the large rectangle and the teammate passing the ball must be within the large rectangle; or
(b) Beyond the half-way line.
Proposed penalties:
"A goalkeeper receives the ball inside the large rectangle and the teammate passing the ball is outside the large rectangle.
Penalty – A free kick from the 13m line opposite where the foul occurred".
"A goalkeeper receives a pass from a teammate inside his half-way line.
Penalty – A free kick from where the pass was made, up to the 13m line"
Jim Gavin explains the rationale
"We're essentially taking out the back pass to the goalkeeper inside their half of the field of play.
"Unless you're inside the large rectangle, that's the only time you can pass the ball to the goalkeeper. Otherwise, the goalkeeper needs to be beyond the halfway line.
"What we've been asked to do in terms of reference is to consider the pace and the flow of the traditional game versus the modern game.
"When we look back at tapes from the 1940s to the early 2000s, what we see is that the ball is passed maybe from a goalkeeper to the full-back line. The ball, with a string of passes, is kicked forward in a vertical direction up to the full-forward line.
"In the modern game we understand that, with the tactical innovations, that teams might delay the attack. But teams have been using the goalkeeper as an outlet in their half of the field of play, which has discouraged the opposition to push up and to go man to man.
"What we get is we get the game can be very laborious, and pace and flow of the game can really become static.
"This will promote one kick passing and moving the ball forward, but it will also promote one to one contests."
