Post Game Permutation: AFL Rd 12: Carlton vs Fremantle

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Official AFL rule, not the fake wikpedia one social media have been quoting saying the ball should have gone back.

15.12 FREE KICKS AFTER DISPOSAL
(a) Subject to Law 15.12(b), a Free Kick will be paid against a player who
makes Prohibited Contact to a Player who has disposed of the football
or Prohibited Contact to a Player who is Shepherding a Player who has
disposed of the football. The Free Kick shall be taken by the nearest Player
to the location where the football touches the ground, or crosses the
Boundary Line, as the case may be. If taking the Free Kick at this location
will penalise the Team awarded the Free Kick, the Free Kick shall be taken
by the Player against whom and at the location where Prohibited Contact
was made.
(b) If a field Umpire is satisfied that a Player tackles, holds (either the body
or playing uniform) or makes high contact against an opposition Player
who has disposed of the football for the purpose of preventing that Player
from taking part in the next act of play, if it is a greater penalty than would
otherwise be provided by Law 15.12(a), the field Umpire shall award a free
kick and a Fifty- Metre Penalty to that Player’s team.