Dimma during the week putting the focus on the umps regarding Rowell paid off tonight.
Yes it did that. But I really don’t like the way Rowell comes in towards the bounce by following the umpire in. It smacks of trying to use the umpire as a shield at a centre bounce. Anybody trying to tackle Rowell is then in danger of umpire contact themselves.
So Rowell has found a nice safe place at a centre bounce to avoid a close tagger, except it’s not really that safe …. it could cost him a Brownlow!
