Maybe it 'should' but this pic a fraction of a second before the touch shows it's not correctly in line - look at the lower back of the post, then also again, look towards the top of the post - seems on an oddish angle.
This is the AFL video on the 'Score Review'.
http://www.afl.com.au/video/2012-09-16/afl-score-review-system
Clear as mud, when talking about the Umpire's call.
Strangely, it gives the impression they should go with the field umpire's call, though on occasions like tonight, the Goal Umpire...
The padding is deemed to be part of the post for 'hit the post' decisions, but it is "not the line".
Do a quick google search and you'd discover in many photos the padding (when around the post) is slightly thicker (by one or two centremetres at least) and comes marginally onto the field of...
For what it's worth (and working with the best image I can find from the video online), it's close, but it should have been ruled a goal in my opinion.
What might be 'tricking' some people, is when they see the 'touch' made by the Sydney player, they are looking at the goal post padding and...
Spot on.
Sadly, here... and like all levels of football... behind the scenes politics comes into play.
There's more to the story (which I do know), but it will be ages down the track before that comes to light.
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