Umps admit error / Tigers were robbed of shot on goal (Herald-Sun)

[one-eyed]

Tigers were robbed of shot on goal

JAI BEDNALL
Herald-Sun
September 15, 2015

Ben Cunnington fails to get a kick away and should have been pinged for holding the ball. Picture: Wayne Ludbey

THE AFL umpires department has admitted the Tigers were robbed of a shot on goal due to a wrong decision in Sunday’s thrilling final quarter of its elimination final loss to North Melbourne.

With 7.26 remaining in the final term at the MCG and with Richmond trailing by five points, Shane Edwards laid a crucial tackle on North Melbourne’s Ben Cunnington 20m out from Richmond’s goal.

The Kangaroos midfielder failed to correctly dispose of the football, with players from both teams stopping as they expected to hear a whistle to signal holding the ball.

But that decision never came and instead, umpire Brett Rosebury waved play on as North Melbourne advanced the ball and kicked a match-winning goal.

Head of AFL umpires Hayden Kennedy admitted on Tuesday the wrong decision was made, robbing Edwards the opportunity to put the Tigers in front in the dying stages on the sudden-death final.

“Yes it is (holding the ball),” Kennedy told the AFL website.

“We encourage them not to guess and Brett (Rosebury) wasn’t in the perfect position with the players in front of him to make that call.

Ben Cunnington fails to get a kick away and should have been pinged for holding the ball. Picture: Wayne LudbeySource:News Corp Australia

“We would have loved for it to be paid, even by the umpire in the next zone. (But) he didn’t have a good opportunity to see through the players as well.

“We understand that often when there are players in the way we are going to make errors.”

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick didn’t hold back on his thoughts of the decision in the immediate aftermath of the loss that ended Richmond’s season, labelling it a “diabolical decision”.

“I can understand one guy being blindsided but there’s probably two other blokes and I reckon 80,000 people here could see the decision,” he said in his post-match press conference.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/non-decision-on-shane-edwards-ben-cunnington-tackle-was-wrong-afl-umpires-department-admit/story-fndv8t7m-1227528636327?sv=35b18b56d8d8f6c9b15a42aaff9d6962

[Hellenic Tiger]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Just ask the families of Jill Meagher and Masa Vukotic.

Point is people in charge of policing the rules make too many critical oversights.

[Lozza]

So I assume OPSM will continue to sponsor the umpires, cant think of anyone better, maybe provide them with some decent contact lenses next season, obviously the ones they currently use fog up in warmer weather.

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Yes. We were stuffed.

[Jackstar is back!!!]

Each umpire will be given a fully trained guide dog in 2016 from
OPSM
Bit like our players drive Jeeps
Umpire will now be accompanied by guide dogs to each game
Each dog will can a can of PAL as reward after each game

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We were stuffed over on a number of other momentum shattering calls

[🏅Dooks]

We was robbed. Worst non-decision ever

[Stalin]

We were stuffed over on a number of other momentum shattering calls

yet it was 5 points down, with 7 mins left, in the forward pocket/goals square

then the ball goes the other end and its a 12 point turn around... from winning, to being two goals down

quite the momentum shift too

same old crap by the umps

[Owl]

They can go and get themselves well and truly stuffed.  Another AFL fairy tale.

[bojangles17]

These stuffen imbeciles changed the course of the game with that decsison , I still have t peeled myself from the ceiling 

[MintOnLamb]

Enemalation final

[Andyy]

Sea words the lot of them

[WilliamPowell]

Well gee I feel better now

NOT

[one-eyed]

I thought I was gone: Roo on that tackle

AFL.com.au
September 16, 2015


BEN CUNNINGTON thought he was 'gone' when Shane Edwards tackled him late in North Melbourne's elimination final win over Richmond.

The North midfielder remembers the key moment from Sunday's game vividly.

It happened at the 19-minute mark of the final term with North just five points up and the ball 20m from the Tigers' goal.

After taking a quick handball from teammate Sam Gibson, Cunnington knew he had to get the ball to boot quickly, but just as he was about to Edwards pinned him in a textbook tackle.

As he fell to ground and the ball fell from his arms, Cunnington thought he had cost his team an almost certain goal – and the lead.

"I remember getting the handball receive and I remember a few boys yelling out, 'You're hot'. I just tried to get it on to my boot and kick it as quickly as I could," Cunnington told AFL.com.au.

"But the player came across quickly enough that he was tackling me and I thought I was gone once I went to ground.

"You get off the ground a bit slowly but the ball played on, so I was a bit relieved because it definitely would have been a shot on goal.

"That's footy. Some go your way and some don't."

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick later described the umpires' decision not to penalise Cunnington for holding the ball as 'diabolical'.

AFL umpires head Hayden Kennedy admitted on Tuesday that the call was incorrect.

It certainly proved a pivotal moment in the game, with Roo Jamie Macmillan pouncing on the ball after it fell from Cunnington's hands and clearing it from the defensive 50.

About a minute later, Lindsay Thomas snapped a goal to extend the Roos' lead to 11 points and from there they were never headed.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-16/i-thought-i-was-gone-says-cunnington-about-the-edwards-tackle

[Stalin]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Just ask the families of Jill Meagher and Masa Vukotic.

Point is people in charge of policing the rules make too many critical oversights.

Big guns