Lets not be smart and pretend this didnt happen. No doubt it was just an honest mistake from glenroy but it did occur there was a mad rush on there bench to get the 19th player off but luckily for glenroy they managed to get him off by the time the umps called the count. Pretty harsh for eagles that it resulted in a 50m an goal to glenroy. Umpires the only ppl at the ground that managed to not see the player run off. Very lucky im the end it didnt effect result or in sure there would of been an uproar from craigieburn. Anyway it didnt so lets move on..
Big call by Craigieburn particularly as the player was off within 60 seconds of the quarter starting. Now they will have to pay the price:
Where a count reveals that the opposing Team has the permitted
number of Players on the Playing Surface, the following shall apply:
(a) a field Umpire shall award a Free Kick to the captain or acting
captain of the opposing Team, which shall be taken at the Centre
Circle or where play was stopped, whichever is the greater penalty
against the offending Team;
(b) a Fifty-Metre Penalty shall then be imposed from the position
where the Free Kick was awarded; and
(c) if a field Umpire is of the opinion that a request was made under
Law 5.5.1 primarily to delay play or such request did not have
sufficient merit, the field Umpire shall report the Player who
requested the count for Time Wasting under Law 19.2.2.



