{"id":81135,"date":"2021-06-06T03:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T03:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=81135"},"modified":"2021-06-06T05:03:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T05:03:58","slug":"afl-umpires-blasted-over-farcical-non-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=81135","title":{"rendered":"AFL umpires blasted over 'farcical' non-decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes<\/a> has suggested that umpires should come under more scrutiny after a number of dubious decisions caused an uproar in Richmond's win over Essendon.<\/p>\n

While the Tigers ran out comfortable 39-point winners in the Dreamtime clash<\/a>, fans were left aggrieved over a number of holding-the-ball non-calls during the game.<\/p>\n

The first incident saw Richmond forward Jake Aarts attempting to fight off a Jordan Ridley tackle in the Tigers forward pocket, before dropping the ball.<\/p>\n

Even Aarts' teammate Dustin Martin, who was near the contest, came to a stop expecting the umpire to blow the whistle, before play on was called.<\/p>\n

\"Jake<\/p>\n

There was a second incident which was particularly costly for Essendon, when Dylan Grimes failed to dispose of a ball correctly while being tackled at the top of the Bombers' goalsquare.<\/p>\n

Once again, the umpire failed to blow the whistle, with Richmond going down the other end to score a goal shortly after in a brutal 12-point swing against the Bombers.<\/p>\n

The two non-decisions continued what has been a glaring lack of consistency across games this season<\/a> with regards to umpires' adjudications of the holding-the-ball rule, and Cornes urged the AFL to take action.<\/p>\n

\"Dylan<\/p>\n

"We've got to be demanding better of our umpires," he told Nine's AFL Sunday Footy Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n

"You just have to get these decisions right in big games and in crucial moments. There's been four games this year decided by poor umpiring decisions late.<\/p>\n

"We have to be better and I hope the AFL comes out and clarifies those errors and perhaps those umpires that made (the errors), I don't know, do they get dropped? You've got to be better than that."<\/p>\n

Cornes' call came after a number of AFL journalists and fans were left scratching their heads during the match.<\/p>\n

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