The exclusive view of Friday night’s controversial refereeing ruling offers a new angle on the turn of events that sparked a major debate in the football world.
After a free kick close to the byline, Dion Prestia of Richmond tried a move that loyal fans may recognize from training. party.
Then the AFL made the decision given the immediacy of the free throw payment.
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And Fox Footy’s AFL 360 The team has highlighted the laboratory vision behind the goals that shows how far was the referee Matt Stevic, who paid for the free kick against Warner, of the action, placed inside the central square.
AFL 360 Co-host Gerard Whateley stressed that given Stevic’s distance from the competition, Warner and no other player on the ground could have known that the free kick was paid.
“He pays for the free throw from inside the central square, and doesn’t signal until after the siren is gone,” Whateley said.
“So he whistled and was talking to his partner in his ear. Warner has no perspective, none, in fact, none of the players at the moment have a chance to know what Matt Stevic’s decision is before he plays the siren. “
companion AFL 360 Co-presenter Mark Robinson added: “He has a very good eye for high contact, I’ll give him that. He’s a long way from paying for a free kick like this.”
Robinson admitted he had “waxed and shrunk” during the controversial decision over the weekend, but ultimately believes that “sometimes you just have to accept the impurities” of the game.
The lab view shows how far Matt Stevic was from the controversial decision that was paid Friday night. Source: FOX SPORTS
“You can’t buy the theater that this game offers us,” he said.
“I posted a post on social media on Friday that this game has some challenges. m.
“Dustin Martin runs to the referee, and that’s not dissenting. Dylan Grimes prevents Jack (Riewoldt) and others from passing to the referees, that’s not dissent.
“I came to the conclusion that I am not as frustrated as I was on Friday night. We have a crazy game, we have a game that throws up so much.
“People say, ‘You have to live and die for the whistle,’ but we don’t because the referees use discretion every game. There’s no black and white in our game.
“We have a whole rule book, which I think half of them can be interpreted by referees differently.
“Instead of saying, ‘Oh, this is our game crazy.’ We have to say, ‘Oh, how good is our game because it’s crazy?’
Whateley reiterated that in this case, he believed there was no evidence to slap Warner with a 50m penalty.
“The answer to our question should be in this rulebook,” he said.
“From where Matt Stevic whistles, to where the siren sounds, it’s the only decision. He hadn’t even scored when the ball was in the stands.
“No one has any perspective at this stage considering the distance from the action.”