Yep, if you watch a replay you see that Harry never took possession. He tried to grab the ball but never got a hand to it. It bobbled and then his left thigh (swinging through as he was running) knocked it beyond his reach. In fact, using the term ‘fumbled’ overstates it as he never had a piece of it at all.
And the tackle was only applied when the ball was a metre away from Harry and heading away from him. There’s absolutely no doubt that Harry didn’t have the ball. It was the most obvious case of holding the man that can be imagined, especially as the tackle dragged him down to the ground when the ball was clearly away from Harry and Taylor continued to hold him when they were on the ground.
The weird thing was that the umpire could be heard saying play on as the tackle started and still the tackle continued until Harry had been brought to ground. The umpire should have blown the whistle and awarded the free as the tackle continued.
This is not a case of advantage being allowed as the umpire has to blow the whistle and then wave the play on and call advantage. None of that happened.
That’s why IDGAF about whingers who moan that GWS was robbed. They were allowed to get away with the big steal initially but rather than behave like thieves in the night escaping with their ill-gotten gains, that tosser Coniglio had to put his foot in it. Justice was done and let the footy gods be praised.
And the tackle was only applied when the ball was a metre away from Harry and heading away from him. There’s absolutely no doubt that Harry didn’t have the ball. It was the most obvious case of holding the man that can be imagined, especially as the tackle dragged him down to the ground when the ball was clearly away from Harry and Taylor continued to hold him when they were on the ground.
The weird thing was that the umpire could be heard saying play on as the tackle started and still the tackle continued until Harry had been brought to ground. The umpire should have blown the whistle and awarded the free as the tackle continued.
This is not a case of advantage being allowed as the umpire has to blow the whistle and then wave the play on and call advantage. None of that happened.
That’s why IDGAF about whingers who moan that GWS was robbed. They were allowed to get away with the big steal initially but rather than behave like thieves in the night escaping with their ill-gotten gains, that tosser Coniglio had to put his foot in it. Justice was done and let the footy gods be praised.