Collingwood schoolmaster Craig McRae says he’s going to be voluntarily expecting the AFL’s ideas at the arguable independent kick that price his facet victory within the draw with Fremantle.
The Magpies led via 25 issues with simply over seven mins residue on Friday sooner than Fremantle stormed house with 4 fast objectives to seize a percentage of the spoils in entrance of 54,035 lovers at Optus Stadium.
The bulky speaking level then the Magpies completed with 10.15 (75) to Fremantle’s 11.9 (75) was once Mathew Nichols’ resolution to penalise Collingwood’s Lachlan Sullivan for handing teammate Nick Daicos the ball rather of returning it to the umpire then a ball-up was once referred to as.
“You gave the ball to him, you have to give it to me,” Nichols instructed Sullivan, sooner than addressing alternative perplexed Collingwood avid gamers.
“He handed the ball to a teammate, you’re not allowed to do that.”
Sean Darcy nailed the following poised shot from simply 15m out, decreasing the margin to 13 issues with six mins residue in what proved to be a profusion turning level.
McRae was once left baffled via the verdict.
“I’m looking forward to what the AFL tell us about that, because I wasn’t aware that’s a free kick,” McRae mentioned.
“But maybe clearly it is because they don’t pay things that aren’t there.
“So taking a look ahead to peer what they are saying.
“At that moment, I was confused because I was told that he (Nick Daicos) touched the umpire.
“I used to be blind to what in fact came about till afterwards.”
Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir felt it was a fair free kick to be paid.
“I’ve observable that paid sooner than,” Longmuir mentioned.
“It’s time-wasting it isn’t it? That’s why the umpire would have paid it.”
McRae doesn’t think the moment flustered his players.
“I simply think that he’s umpiring to the letter of the regulation,” McRae mentioned.
“I’d love to assume it didn’t fluster us, let’s advance on. Let’s move with what’s after, as a result of that’s all you’ll be able to regulate.
“And if the umpires come out and say, ‘that was a mistake’, that doesn’t help us either. We’re just moving on.
“The truth is it’s most probably a independent kick and we advance on.”
Collingwood entered the match missing matchwinner Jordan De Goey, Jamie Elliott, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Tom Mitchell and Jeremy Howe among others.
Mason Cox and Brody Mihocek will now be added to that injury list.
Mihocek re-injured the same hamstring that ruled him out for a fortnight earlier this month.
But the biggest concern surrounds Cox, who injured his knee and was concussed in the same third-quarter marking contest.
Cox’s knee bent back awkwardly and twisted awkwardly under his body while landing, with the American spending time in an ambulance after the match.
“The knee form of curved beneath him, he would possibly have some bone bruising too,” McRae mentioned.
“There’s a bit of extra to play games out, so we’ll have to attend and spot on that.”
McRae mentioned Howe (groin) is a prospect to go back for after month’s Friday evening showdown with the Western Bulldogs at Wonder Stadium.
