He was on the line when he jumped for the ball, and was going backwards as he went for the mark.
I understand from the image below there is a sliver of the ball that is obscured at the time, and if that was a mark between the goalposts and closer to the camera it would be a mark...but given the distance from the camera and the fact that the goal line and behind post gets narrower in an image like this the further away it is then it would be fair to say it is clearly over the line.
If the goalpost was out of the way and you could judge the mark based on the behind post for a real perspective it would have been a clear cut behind.
Honestly because it was an unusual occasion with an element of doubt it should have just been umpire's call.
I understand from the image below there is a sliver of the ball that is obscured at the time, and if that was a mark between the goalposts and closer to the camera it would be a mark...but given the distance from the camera and the fact that the goal line and behind post gets narrower in an image like this the further away it is then it would be fair to say it is clearly over the line.
If the goalpost was out of the way and you could judge the mark based on the behind post for a real perspective it would have been a clear cut behind.
Honestly because it was an unusual occasion with an element of doubt it should have just been umpire's call.
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