06-16-2022, 12:09 PM
The overturning of Newnes goal turned the game. We would have been only 3 points behind. Instead we ended up 15 points down soon after. There is NO WAY the decision could have been overturned on that video review. The only hand that was moving was the left hand and it wasn’t in line with the flight of the ball. IMO, the video umpire was influenced by a concerted campaign by the Richmond players to claim it was touched, including signalling touched to the bench and refusing to set up for the bounce. The video umpire obviously decided that they because they were so adamant, it must have been touched and he would be hammered if he didn’t overturn it.
Jason Dunstall went straight to it after the game and noted there was no way on the replays shown that it could be overturned. He said he assumed that what was shown was what the umpire saw and he said that they believed that it was. He noted also that Broad’s hands, both of them, were moving before the ball went past his hands as well as after, so there was no way it could be concluded conclusively that it was touched.
Jason Dunstall went straight to it after the game and noted there was no way on the replays shown that it could be overturned. He said he assumed that what was shown was what the umpire saw and he said that they believed that it was. He noted also that Broad’s hands, both of them, were moving before the ball went past his hands as well as after, so there was no way it could be concluded conclusively that it was touched.