08-14-2023, 04:48 AM
(08-14-2023, 01:44 AM)Rick link Wrote:If Marchbank says he touch it then that is good enough
I would be interested to know if the goal umpire believed it had been touched and just wanted confirmation that it hadn't cleared the goal line before being touched. If so, there is no controversy because any touching, with whatever part of the body, occurred before the ball crossed the line.
On a separate issue, I thought the umpires did a good, consistent job in a very intense and physical game. The allowed play to continue without paying soft free kicks and the late frees for kicking the ball out of bounds were both justified and to be anticipated.