The AFL admits its umpires erred in not awarding Nathan Murphy a free kick after he was clattered by Adelaide’s Darcy Fogarty whereas failing to implement the blood rule.
Murphy was positioned underneath a excessive ball within the final quarter of the Magpies’ thrilling win on Saturday when Fogarty crashed into him, front-on.
The Magpie appeared to carry the mark but it surely wasn’t paid, and he did not obtain a free kick both, regardless of the excessive front-on contact forcing him from the sector with a bleeding nostril.
Compounding the matter, play wasn’t halted as Murphy was helped from the sector, and the ball virtually hit him and the Collingwood medical group as they headed to the bench.
Collingwood’s Jordan De Goey soccered it over the boundary line, assuming play was to be stopped – however he was penalised for a deliberate out-of-bounds.
Magpies coach Craig McRae mentioned he had “lost his mind” on the “staggering” umpiring blunder.
“Following a review today of that particular passage of play we acknowledge that the umpires missed the initial free kick and subsequently the process of managing the blood rule was not followed,” AFL head of umpiring Dan Richardson mentioned in a press release.
“We have been in contact with Collingwood to clarify the situation.”
Murphy informed Collingwood’s web site he was left with “a bit of a fat lip” and “a bit of a broken nose” by the incident.
The usually calm McRae had lamented your complete incident.
“I lost my mind,” McRae mentioned.
“Because one, whether it was a mark or a free kick – either, you could argue.
“But then there’s blood and he is making an attempt to exit the sector and we did not get an opportunity to exchange the participant within the essential second.
“I was astounded by it.”
The AFL did not present an reason why an apparent free kick to Ash Johnson within the dying minutes wasn’t paid – although McRae hadn’t deliberate to comply with up on it.
The Collingwood ahead, within the aim sq., was clearly taken excessive by Adelaide’s Jordon Butts.
“In the moment, I’m ‘what the hell is going on here’,” McRae mentioned on Sunday.
“But then you move on. You can’t do anything about it now, can you?
“You can undergo each determination they made or did not make, that isn’t the place we dwell.
“We make way more mistakes than they do.
“You make errors and transfer on, that is the best way I have a look at it.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
