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Moore - yep, had prior, should have been a free to Essendon.
Crisp - maybe a free but also got the handball away, no issue here.
Cox - Hooker clearly has locked Cox’s arm at the elbow joint. Free to Cox, good call.
Mihocek - If Higgins’ goal last year wasn’t considered a throw I don’t see why this would be. 50/50 call when played slowly and at this particular close-up angle, which umpires don’t get the benefit of anyway. Ok decision considering all this.
Pendlebury - people are actually complaining about this? Ball on the ground, head over the ball, Merrett came charging in head-on. Just sloppy work from Merrett and a free every day of the week.
Tippa - does himself no favours with his attempts to avoid tackles by dropping at the knees. 50/50 call but looks like this one should have been a free.
Stephenson - someone posted the rule in the gameday thread. Basically, getting one arm pulled with no prior opportunity isn’t a free kick (plus Stephenson got the kick away anyway). The subsequent push in the back against Brown was clear as day.
Not as many howlers as Essendon (and Richmond) supporters are making out to be. Dons were within a goal for much of the last quarter, that they didn’t have the composure (so many wayward kicks out of defense late) to finish the comeback is on them.