For you roam - some footy lingo Agate – the ball Barrel –...

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    For you roam - some footy lingo
    Agate – the ball
    Barrel – kicking a torpedo
    Blinder – playing extremely well
    Breadbasket – the stomach of a player
    CBD (central business district) – the middle of the ground
    Clanger – an error
    Clunk – taking a strong mark
    Dukes
    – hands
    Falcon – getting hit in the head with the ball
    Get around them – Getting to support the player after they have done something good
    Good shoe/leg – good kick
    Hanger – a spectacular mark
    Joe the goose – receiving a handball or kick over the top in the goal square
    Kick a bag
    – large haul of goals
    Left peg – left foot
    Peppering the goals – when a team has numerous scoring chances, usually said when all those scoring shots result in more misses than goals
    Pill – another way of describing the footy.
    Plus one – extra number around the stoppage
    Quarterback – the person who stays 5 meters off the back of the contest without an opponent.
    Red time – time on in a quarter
    Right peg – right foot
    Sausage roll/snag – a goal
    Seagull – A player who wins the outside ball, skirts around the pack
    Shellacking – a big win
    Specky – Spectacular mark, same as a hanger
    The guts – the centre of the ground
    The sticks
    – the goals
    The pine – the interchange bench
    Woodwork – the posts
    Worm burner/daisy cutter – a kick along the ground that keeps low, and skids along the grass
 
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