{"id":503856,"date":"2026-05-29T00:51:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=503856"},"modified":"2026-05-29T03:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:24:59","slug":"hawks-demand-pedantic-rule-be-changed-after-goal-disallowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=503856","title":{"rendered":"Hawks demand &#039;pedantic&#039; rule be changed after goal disallowed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/hawthorn-hawks-5sj\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Hawthorn\">Hawthorn<\/a> is planning to ask the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/afl\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"AFL\">AFL<\/a> for a please explain over a bizarre moment during Thursday night&#x27;s win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/st-kilda-saints-5so\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"St Kilda\">St Kilda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffThe Hawks won the game 18.11 (119) to 9.13 (67) thanks to a dominant first half in which the lowly Saints managed just five behinds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/person\/sam-mitchell-26b7\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Sam Mitchell\">Sam Mitchell<\/a>&#x27;s side was leading by 50 points when gun small forward Nick Watson lined up for a set shot as the half-time siren sounded at Marvel Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/state-of-origin\/news-2026-nsw-blues-team-changes-andrew-johns-stephen-crichton-casey-mclean-ethan-strange-mitchell-moses-game-two-20260511-p601v6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Crichton axed as Joey makes sweeping Blues changes\ufeff\"><strong>Crichton axed as Joey makes sweeping Blues changes\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/french-open-2026-jannik-sinner-loses-juan-manuel-cerundolo-20260529-p601tt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Sinner stunned as French Open favourite knocked out\ufeff\"><strong>Sinner stunned as French Open favourite knocked out\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: \ufeff<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/motorsport\/f1-2026-oscar-piastri-lando-norris-performance-analysis-20260528-p601ua.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Concerning hidden trend Piastri needs to reverse\"><strong>Concerning hidden trend Piastri needs to reverse<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watson&#x27;s kick from the pocket sailed through the big sticks for a goal and the broadcast scoreboard showed 61-5 as the players left the field for the main break.<\/p>\n<p>But when the broadcast returned from an ad break the scoreboard bizarrely showed Hawthorn leading 55-5, with Watson&#x27;s goal having been rubbed off.<\/p>\n<p>It was revealed the field umpire standing behind Watson as he took the set shot adjudged the Hawks star to have run off his line.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"f70ebc36-a493-4554-9164-9c4c2b7ce4be\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/f70ebc36-a493-4554-9164-9c4c2b7ce4be\" alt=\"Nick Watson kicks for goal as the umpire calls play on.\" data-width=\"852\" data-height=\"477\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If a player runs off their line during a set shot it is play-on, and if it happens after a siren has sounded then it rules the kick void.<\/p>\n<p>But replays showed Watson had barely moved off his line and if he did, he moved in the direction of the boundary line rather than moving infield to make the kick easier.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&quot;\ufeffThat is so pedantic from that umpire,&quot; Saints great Joe Montagna said on Fox Footy.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Nick Watson normally runs out with much more of an arc, \ufeffso he has actually tried to run straighter then he usually would, he&#x27;s gone boundary side too.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I can&#x27;t understand why the umpire would even bother to call play on and interfere with that kick.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>While the kick made no difference to the result of the game, Hawthorn coach Mitchell said he will ask the AFL to consider changing the rule.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffThe play-on rule is designed to stop a kicker gaining an unfair advantage while shooting for goal, but Mitchell says moving further towards the boundary could not possibly create an advantage.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"98506c94-7793-4b4c-a099-32f1bce4772f\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/98506c94-7793-4b4c-a099-32f1bce4772f-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Watson of the Hawks celebrates kicking a goal.\" data-width=\"4173\" data-height=\"2782\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;\ufeffWe will certainly be going to the AFL to ask about it,&quot; Mitchell said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It makes sense to me that that is a rule\ufeff on the other side of the ground, as a right footer.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;There is absolutely no reason \ufeffthat a player would go wider to give themselves an advantage. That&#x27;s what the rule was made for, and it makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&quot;The vision doesn&#x27;t look like he goes off the line much, but that is the umpire&#x27;s call and I can accept that.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;\ufeffBut the fact that you can go off the line towards the boundary and it be called play on makes absolutely no sense, there is no common sense about that.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;\ufeffI would hope we get an answer from the AFL and I&#x27;m sure we will, they have been pretty good about that, when something doesn&#x27;t make sense they fix it pretty quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Why would he run wider to give himself a harder shot? It didn&#x27;t make a lot of sense&#8230; I hope that&#x27;s something they rectify.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Watson ended up kicking 2.1 for the night\ufeff as his Hawks moved up to third spot on the AFL ladder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Hawthorn is planning to ask the AFL for a please explain over a bizarre moment during Thursday night&#x27;s win over St Kilda. \ufeffThe Hawks won <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=503856\" title=\"Hawks demand &#039;pedantic&#039; rule be changed after goal disallowed\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":503858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=503856"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503866,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503856\/revisions\/503866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/503858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=503856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=503856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=503856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}