The AFL have this itch that can only be scratched with new rules. Every year they tinker.
I hate that they change the rules for the sake of changing them. And I hate that they have them worded to allow for ambiguous decision making.
But please take the advantage rule from soccer where there is no whistle and if it doesn’t benefit that team play is then stopped and brought back.
In this instance, play would’ve been brought back giving Brisbane a chance of hitting a target inside 50.
Before that, on the mcc wing the whistle went but then (I think) Daicos was allowed to play on leaving (I think) McKenna with his hands questioning why play was allowed to continue.
Whilst we are on umpire decisions, I can’t believe the umpire stopped the play and paid high against McCarthy for Murphy not getting low enough. It wasn’t a free to Murphy and this is when the ball was loose in the lions f50 with a numerical advantage. Many poor decisions through the day impacted the final result.