Because a free was paid and the ball kicked away, that’s a 50 regardless of score. Same thing as why let a player take a kick for goal after the siren if his team is down by 60 points. Game is not over until after the last kick.
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The rules are very clear. The ball wasn't given back to the player who had the free kick, therefore it's a 50m penalty. Coming from a supporter of a team that has given away 30x 50m penalties this year (more than double the next worst team), I have seen the Tigers penalized for the exact same action time and time again.
If it happens in your hypothetical, then sure, pay it. Warner was incredibly stupid to kick the ball away in the manner he did. The umpire AT THE SCENE paid a 50m penalty and was then overruled by another umpire.
Yes there were plenty of missed frees / poor ones throughout, but this is about consistency. A bloke booted the ball away after a free kick had been given = 50m penalty. Happens all the time against the Tigers, but wasn't consistently applied in our benefit last night.
I'm gonna enjoy sitting back and watch Sniper Buddy get a week
The thing is they pay technical bullshit free kicks from the first minute of the game(Sam Reid’s first goal) but then suddenly at the end of the game they decide on “common sense”. when the hell did umpires make decisions based on common sense? Maybe if they umpired like that from the start the game wouldn’t be in the state it is now.
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Ah yes, more grey areas. That's exactly what the game needs. Pity how this wasn't applied in previous weeks to Bolton and Dusty when they kicked goals after free kicks had been paid, despite not hearing the whistle...
What? Show me where it states a 50 isn't a free kick?
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How was the umpire “can start off your line but must kick over the mark” Nek second Prestia kicks it a metre wide of the mark. The umpires are hopeless.
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Anyone remember the Jim Stynes incident in the Prelim? Last night - exactly the same situation…………….
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You falling for poor acting isn't a confirmation they didn't hear the whistle.
Is there a more whiny group of supporters than Richmond? Sydney deserved to win so stfu
They're not included in the overall count.
Aged well!
??? Then the umpire last night cannot conclusively state that Warner didn't hear the whistle and thus shouldn't be penalized.
The whole thing is about consistency - that's the only issue here.
So the Sydney player ran through the mark?
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What?
It’s interesting that common sense is now a part of the rule book. I’m looking forward to seeing a player kick 50 metres up the ground only to see the ball bounce at right angles out of bounds and not be awarded deliberate due to “common sense.” Or a player streaming into goal after a free kick against is paid however the 70,000 crowd makes it impossible for him to hear the whistle but no 50 is paid due to “common sense.” The fact that common sense is being put forward here is laughable. However no doubt the afl will tick this off as the correct decision in the same way they would have said the 50 metre was the correct decision. The game is near on impossible to watch now due to the officiating. The free against Rioli for bumping into his opponent was what this game has now become.
He's referring to the fact that players can be penalized 50m (or 15m in Stynes' case) after the final siren has gone.
There's been a bunch of posters throughout this thread that seem to think otherwise and are completely wrong.
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Yeh you can get 50, but you only had to listen to the umpires to realise no one had a clue. One umpire wanted 50, they other said no. I’m guessing the more “senior” umpire got his way.
Comedy capers at the end and great viewing watching the melts but it was absolutely the right call. If a player kicks it straight after the whistle has blown because he hasn’t had time, or he hasn’t heard the whistle, or he heard the whistle and thought it was his team that earned the free….the umpire determines he didn’t clearly understand who the free was paid to….. then no 50 applies and the free kick is paid where it occurred.
Whilst there’s no specific rule that applies to kicking the ball into the crowd in celebration after the siren has gone, it’s exactly the same principle. There’s only one reason you do this, you believe the game is over.
Whilst there’s no specific rule that applies to kicking the ball into the crowd in celebration after the siren has gone, it’s exactly the same principle. There’s only one reason you do this, you believe the game is over.
This. Could even be heard in the umpire audio.
Nothing like a VFL pile-on to remove logic. Present commenter excluded.
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Does anyone, including the umpires, even know what prohibited contact is? If they’re paying the Rioli elbow (term used loosely) why aren’t they then reporting him for a deliberate elbow off the ball?
Umpires are paid to be subjective. It’s their job.
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