jumper punch

English

Noun

jumper punch (plural jumper punches)

  1. (Australian rules football) A strike with one's hand while grabbing the collar of the recipient's guernsey with the same hand.
    • 2014 September 9, Ronan O'Connell, “That's not a punch. That's a (jumper) punch”, in Roar‎[1], retrieved 25 July 2025:
      A jumper punch often does not involve significant force but it is exactly the same as a run-of-the-mill punch which doesn't involve significant force. […] The term instantly frames the strike as being insignificant. The act itself is often used as a means of clocking your opponent in the jaw without the risk of suspension or sometimes even a free kick.

Verb

jumper punch (third-person singular simple present jumper punches, present participle jumper punching, simple past and past participle jumper punched)

  1. (Australian rules football, transitive) To strike (someone) with one's hand while grabbing the collar of their guernsey with the same hand.
    • 2017 May 29, “Zak Jones fined for off-the-ball hit, escapes MRP suspension”, in Fox Footy‎[2], retrieved 25 July 2025:
      The weekend after AFL football chief Simon Lethlean made it clear players who jumper punched or punched opponents in the stomach would most likely be suspended, Jones was charged with striking Hawthorn’s Luke Breust.
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