I actually dont the rule says there is any discrection but I do think the rule says common sense. From umpiring for 22 years you can tell if a player heard your whistle. In this case I reckon the umpire got that part right.Thinline wrote:So there is an element of discretion. That's fair enough, especially given the racket. That said I wasn't aware that 'hearing it' mattered. I thought it was more a question of whether kicking it away disadvantaged the recipient of the free. Bit like when a man on the mark goes too early on the basis he thinks the marker has taken off. But there you go...
in the back once or twice?
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Gwilt had disposed of the ball.
15.10 Free Kicks After Disposal
Where Prohibited Contact is made against a Player who has disposed
of the football or against a Player who is Shepherding a Player who has
disposed of the football, a Free Kick shall be awarded to that Player’s
Team and shall be taken by a Player of that Team who is nearest to the
location where the football touches the ground,
15.10 Free Kicks After Disposal
Where Prohibited Contact is made against a Player who has disposed
of the football or against a Player who is Shepherding a Player who has
disposed of the football, a Free Kick shall be awarded to that Player’s
Team and shall be taken by a Player of that Team who is nearest to the
location where the football touches the ground,
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I think it was the other Johnson goal in the third quarter. As the ball is kicked in, Ling gets right into someones back. The ball ends up going over for a throw in and Johnson gets the soft free from the stoppage.Liam_G wrote:You could be taking about the Steve Johnson goal in the 3rd quarter?Richter wrote:However, there was another goal to Geelong in which I'm pretty sure Ling pushed one of our defenders in the back in the lead up. Haven't seen any decent replays to confirm though.
There was a bounce 30m out from the Geelong goal and just as the bounce occured, SJ gave Dempster an almighty push two hands right in the back. The ball then went over Dempster's head from the ruck contest to a now unmarked SJ, who kicked a goal. The normal camera angle didn't show it, but a replay showed it occur at the edge of the screen.
Actually, just looking at the footage now and Harley called it "body work" where as Matthew's called it as he saw it.... simply "a shove in the back".
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Yep the umpire got the free exactly right just got the person taking it wrong.Griggsy wrote:Gwilt had disposed of the ball.
15.10 Free Kicks After Disposal
Where Prohibited Contact is made against a Player who has disposed
of the football or against a Player who is Shepherding a Player who has
disposed of the football, a Free Kick shall be awarded to that Player’s
Team and shall be taken by a Player of that Team who is nearest to the
location where the football touches the ground,