Thanks Banyo, Welcome by the way, We swanny’s need all the intelligent help we can get on bigfooty.
Thanks for the welcome! Unfortunately intelligent help isn't my strong suit
I just reviewed the footage thanks to bigpond footage of the match.
My memory had it slightly wrong The incident took place after a free kick to Port in the centre.
Kieran Jack kicked his first goal in the AFL then we went back to the centre for the ball up. A free kick was called as Goodes had raced around the back of the pack with Matt Thomas in hot pursuit the ball was in the air as the whistle went and Goodes jumped up taking the ball out of another Swans players hands Matt Thomas contiinued to tackle Goodes and did seem to be quite low exposing his head to Goodes who seemed to have the ball clutched in both hands then swung to remove the tackler which would of caused the impact.
The angle that the live broadcast showed and the two replays that follow Ports second goal are the wide shot and don't seem to conclusively show any contact other than the result of Matt Thomas lying face down. There is only the slightest of remonstration from the Port players and I do mean slight like one guy bumping his shoulder (maybe).
Before the second goal by Port they started to show a closer replay but the footage cut before the incident to another highlight.
If that footage was available in full then perhaps that shows something that is not seen in the only footage they have shown during the match and in replays.
If the only footage they have is what was shown on the TV angle shown then they are guessing as to the exact cause of Matt Thomas hitting the deck.
During the actual live incident Lynch quipped that Goodes has given his opponent a backhander but during the replays both Lynch and Liam Pickering agreed there didn't seem to much in it.