06-10-2024, 08:12 AM
(06-10-2024, 04:03 AM)DJC link Wrote:Prior opportunity doesn’t apply when you drag the ball in. The umpires are instructed to pay a free as soon as the ball is dragged in.The bloke wasn't doing it to waste time. He didn't drag it under him and hatch it. He grabbed and tried to do something with it and was jumped upon. Bad interpretation of the rule. Then again, wouldn't be a week in footy unless the umpire's influence a result with a crap decision, or a gutless non-decision Adelaide v Essendon when Draper dived on it and dragged in under to waste time. Never seen anything like it this year.
Yeo was trying to get a stoppage and run the clock down and it backfired.
I agree with your comments about the increased inconsistency of HTB decisions and the sooner we go back to a reasonable time to dispose of the ball, the better.