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Umpiring puts 'ducking practice' on Dimma's agenda

Sarah Black
afl.com.au
Jul 15, 2018

'DUCKING practice' could be on the agenda at Punt Road this week after Greater Western Sydney inflicted Richmond's fourth interstate loss of the season.

Tigers coach Damien Hardwick couldn't resist a tongue-in-cheek swipe at the umpiring of several tackles during his side's thrilling two-point loss to the Giants at Spotless Stadium.

GWS forward Toby Greene drew a free kick for high contact in a tackle by Tiger defender Nick Vlastuin in the dying minutes of the second quarter, which resulted in a goal.

Earlier in the term, Dustin Martin appealed in vain for a high-contact free kick after being tackled while his head was over the ball, only to be penalised for holding the ball moments later.

"Look, I can't really comment on the umpiring, but it would be fair to say we're going to do a bit of ducking practice at training tonight," Hardwick said with a laugh.

"The game is incredibly hard to umpire, let's make no mistake about that. It was a pretty good contest, transition-wise it was up and back and it's tough. They get a lot right. Sometimes they get some wrong. That's life.

"The game, as I said, I don't think was dominated by umpiring tonight, I thought we saw a pretty good game of footy that we should be looking at the game and that's how it should be played. Two sides going at it for a long period of time and one side got out the winner."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-14/umpiring-puts-ducking-practice-on-dimmas-agenda

[Buddysucks]

Speaking of dirty grubs, did anyone else notice Toby Green collect the ball and then deliberately launch himself at he knees of the nearby Richmond player. I nearly jumped through the TV to belt the filthy grub.

[Gracie]

Speaking of dirty grubs, did anyone else notice Toby Green collect the ball and then deliberately launch himself at he knees of the nearby Richmond player. I nearly jumped through the TV to belt the filthy grub.

Something happened in the second quarter that left Rance on all fours on the goal line after GWS kick a goal

The Grub was walking away with his "what me look?"

[Lebowski]

Speaking of dirty grubs, did anyone else notice Toby Green collect the ball and then deliberately launch himself at he knees of the nearby Richmond player. I nearly jumped through the TV to belt the filthy grub.

Yep, that was htb everyday of the week

[Owl]

stuffing local element bs.  Sometimes I really wonder if this crap ain't just WWF scripts.

[Diocletian]

Toby Greene - the most punchable head in the AFL since the glory days of Milne & Ballantyne....

[Eat_em_Alive]

Toby Greene - the most punchable head in the AFL since the glory days of Milne & Ballantyne....

Followed closely by Viney 

[one-eyed]

GWS and Richmond were both underwhelmed by some critical umpiring decisions on Saturday night, with Damien Hardwick quipping his club will now do some "ducking practice".

The Giants pipped the Tigers by two points at Spotless Stadium, with the margin giving both teams plenty of fodder to wonder "what if" had a couple of contentious calls gone their way.

Both Leon Cameron and Damien Hardwick were underwhelmed by umpiring decisions on Saturday night.

GWS coach Leon Cameron indicated his club will contact the the league's umpiring department on Monday, seeking clarification on a number of calls.

Many pundits commented on how the whistle-blowers' interpretation of holding the ball at Spotless seemed different to what it has been for most of the year.

Tigers coach Hardwick and counterpart Cameron both aired some grievances in their post-match press conferences.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/gws-seek-clarification-on-afl-umpire-calls-20180715-p4zrlu.html

[Chuck17]

Did their best to support the Ainters

[Knighter]

Did their best to support the Ainters

stuffen bunch of geeks

[Slipper]

Tonight's umpiring was laughable.

[mightytiges]

Were they experimenting with no head high free kicks for Richmond players today?

[Owl]

diving into players backs, No prior opportunity tackling off of the ball was all the rage this week.  Do they have a list of poo they are going to stuff up each week to 'be edgy' or just send me to an early stuffing grave?

[mightytiges]

diving into players backs, No prior opportunity tackling off of the ball was all the rage this week.  Do they have a list of poo they are going to stuff up each week to 'be edgy' or just send me to an early stuffing grave?

As I posted in the game thread, explains why the Pies have the best free kick differential whereas we have the worst. Two different set of rules for each team.

[Slipper]

I was just waiting for Higgins to be called for a throw.