Luke Hodge slides in to Harry O'Brien's legs and umpires award the Hawks skipper a free kick, and report O'Brien.
Harry O'Brien was reported for this collision with Luke Hodge. Picture: Wayne Ludbey
WE PICK the five biggest umpiring eyebrow-raisers of the weekend.
Umpiring is a tough job - getting tougher every year with more rule tweaks and interpretation changes - and most of the time the men in white/green/red do a great job. Sometimes, however, we need to examine some issues closer to get a clear explanation and help everyone's understanding of the game.
Each week we'll nominate five decisions that demand a second look. Then we'll take on board your views and any nominations we've missed, and get a verdict from AFL House.
Have your say on these decisions and let us know any we missed by leaving a comment below or sending a note on Twitter or Facebook
1. WHAT SLIDING RULE?
WHEN a player deserving of a free kick instead concedes one and has his name go in the book it's sure to spark confusion.
And that's exactly what happened when Hawks skipper Luke Hodge slid into Harry O'Brien's legs yesterday. Instead of Hodge being pinged under the controversial new sliding rule, he was instead gifted a free kick.
O'Brien went low, Hodge slid in head first and got to the ball a fraction of a second before his opponent. Hodge's head crashed in to O'Brien's shin and O'Brien went flying. Twitter then went into meltdown as players, commentators and fans immediately slammed the decision, while O'Brien will today find out if he has a rough conduct case to fight.
Hodge's teammate Jordan Lewis sided with O'Brien today, saying he was baffled by the report.
See the video of the incident in the video player above and make up your own mind
Collingwood v Hawthorn, MCG, Harry O, Brien colides with Luke Hodge, Picture: Ludbey Wayne Source:
2. DUSTY ROBBED OF LONG GOAL
GOALS were hard to come by for the Tigers early yesterday, with the dominant side converting just four of 13 chances in the first term.
So that made the decision to deny Dusty Martin a bomb from even more frustrating at the time. The star midfielder ran to 60m and unloaded a beauty, watching it sail through before celebrating. But the umpire had different ideas, instead handing the ball to Dog Liam Picken at full-back.
He pinged Tiger Luke McGuane for an illegal shepherd in the goal square, despite replays showing it seemed to be a perfectly legal bump with the ball in close proximity. To add further sting, the Dogs went coast-to-coast to spot Liam Jones who booted his second, keeping the Bulldogs in touch.
Dusty finished with a whopping 150 SuperCoach points - and probably should have had about another 10 but for that call.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 14: Dustin Martin of the Tigers celebrates a goal during the round three AFL match between the Richmond Tigers and the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium on April 14, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) Source:
3. COTCH YOU... OR MAYBE NOT
UMPIRE knockers who believe superstars always get a bit of extra leniency had their argument enhanced went Trent Cotchin was allowed to be gang-tackled, spun 360 degrees and drop the ball without being penalised.
A swarm of Bulldog players grabbed the Tiger, dumping him to the ground only to have their holding the ball cries ignored.
The ball spilled free nearing the Tigers goalmouth and Shane Edwards swooped and snapped a goal, giving Richmond the perfect start to the second half. SuperFooty ran a quick Twitter poll with 100 per cent of readers declaring Cotch had got away with one, with some calling him a "protected species".
Trent Cotchin gets a quick kick. AFL Round 3: Richmond v Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium, Docklands. Tim Carrafa Source: Herald Sun
4. THE ACCIDENTAL DELIBERATE
THERE'S 11 minutes on the clock, it's the last quarter and scores are level, it's a wet and slippery night at hostile Patersons Stadium, the ball comes to a second-gamer at half-back with Dockers swarming at you from all directions.
What do you do? Throw the ball on your boot and get it the hell out of there, right? Wrong.
Elliott Kavanagh did just that on Friday night and was somehow nabbed for deliberate out of bounds. The ball skidded past Brent Stanton and into no-man's land before trickling over the boundary line.
Despite the match being a stoppage-fest, the umpire pinged Kav for deliberate, setting up another Freo counter-attack. He was stiff.
5. ANGRY WITH UMPS? JOIN THE Q
New Magpie Quinten Lynch couldn't believe it when he was pinged twice in five minutes for ruck infringements that can only be labelled soft.
The Pies were pressing just before three-quarter time when Jarryd Roughead received minimal contact from the Q-stick and won a free kick on the 50m line. He went back and drilled the goal to give the Hawks some breathing space.
Then five minutes into the final term Lynch threw his head back and his hands in the air when he was penalised again from a boundary throw-in for more incidental contact.
Collingwood's Quinten Lynch argues with an umpire. Source: Getty Images
... MEANWHILE RYDER, KOMMER SWEAT ON BUMPS
IT'S now in the hands of the match review panel, rather than the umpires, but Paddy Ryder and Nick Kommer must both be sweating.
Ryder KO'd Docker Luke McPharlin in the first quarter of Friday night's battle and looks certain to be charged. As Brownlow Medallist Mark Riccuito put it: "He's got him high, he ran past the ball and he left the ground." He's in trouble.
Kommer brushed into Kepler Bradley's head, sending the Docker off the field with blood gushing from his face.
See the video below and you decide the Bombers' fate:
Two Essendon players face nervous waits from the AFL match review panel after seperate bumps in Friday night's clach against Fremantle
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