Collingwood coach Craig McRae says he shall be eagerly awaiting the AFL’s ideas on the controversial free kick that price his facet victory within the draw with Fremantle.
The Magpies led by 25 factors with simply over seven minutes remaining on Friday earlier than Fremantle stormed house with 4 fast targets to grab a share of the spoils in entrance of 54,035 followers at Optus Stadium.
The massive speaking level after the Magpies completed with 10.15 (75) to Fremantle’s 11.9 (75) was Mathew Nichols’ resolution to penalise Collingwood’s Lachlan Sullivan for handing teammate Nick Daicos the ball as a substitute of returning it to the umpire after a ball-up was known as.
“You gave the ball to him, you have to give it to me,” Nichols instructed Sullivan, earlier than addressing different confused Collingwood gamers.
“He handed the ball to a teammate, you’re not allowed to do that.”
Sean Darcy nailed the following set shot from simply 15m out, lowering the margin to 13 factors with six minutes remaining in what proved to be an enormous turning level.
McRae was left baffled by the choice.
“I’m looking forward to what the AFL tell us about that, because I wasn’t aware that’s a free kick,” McRae stated.
“But maybe clearly it is because they don’t pay things that aren’t there.
“So trying ahead to see what they are saying.
“At that moment, I was confused because I was told that he (Nick Daicos) touched the umpire.
“I used to be unaware of what really occurred till afterwards.”
Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir felt it was a fair free kick to be paid.
“I’ve seen that paid earlier than,” Longmuir stated.
“It’s time-wasting it is not it? That’s why the umpire would have paid it.”
McRae doesn’t think the moment flustered his players.
“I simply assume that he is umpiring to the letter of the regulation,” McRae stated.
“I’d prefer to suppose it did not fluster us, let’s transfer on. Let’s go along with what’s subsequent, as a result of that is all you possibly can management.
“And if the umpires come out and say, ‘that was a mistake’, that doesn’t help us either. We’re just moving on.
“The actuality is it is in all probability a free kick and we transfer on.”
Collingwood entered the match missing matchwinner Jordan De Goey, Jamie Elliott, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Tom Mitchell and Jeremy Howe among others.
Mason Cox and Brody Mihocek will now be added to that injury list.
Mihocek re-injured the same hamstring that ruled him out for a fortnight earlier this month.
But the biggest concern surrounds Cox, who injured his knee and was concussed in the same third-quarter marking contest.
Cox’s knee bent back awkwardly and twisted awkwardly under his body while landing, with the American spending time in an ambulance after the match.
“The knee type of twisted beneath him, he may need some bone bruising too,” McRae stated.
“There’s a bit extra to play out, so we’ll have to attend and see on that.”
McRae stated Howe (groin) is an opportunity to return for subsequent week’s Friday evening showdown with the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
