AFL erupts over as 50m penalty ‘ruins the game for everyone’

Carlton person survived an almighty scare against North Melbourne but person moved up to 2nd connected the AFL ladder aft a 16.11 (107) to 14.4 (88) astatine Marvel Stadium.

It was acold from casual for the Blues, who dropped good disconnected the gait successful the 2nd 4th to autumn 3 goals behind, but bounced backmost to assertion the 19-point win.

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A seven-goal to 3 3rd 4th enactment the Blues successful the container spot but the Roos didn’t spell anywhere.

With 8 minutes left, the scoreline was conscionable 8 points with North Melbourne kicking retired aft the Blues kicked a behind.

So North Melbourne were inactive successful it, erstwhile Luke Davies-Uniacke went for a handball lone to beryllium called for a holding the ball.

“Good telephone by the umpire,” Jordan Lewis began connected Fox Footy.

Unfortunately for the Roos, Darcy Tucker latched onto the shot and aft dodging a tackle oregon two, handballed for a teammate, lone to realise the umpire had been blowing the whistle.

In beforehand of 40,000 screaming fans, it was wide the 27-year-old hadn’t heard the whistle, but it meant thing to the umpire, who awarded the 50m penalty, giving Adam Saad the easiest of kicks from straight successful front.

“Initially it was a bully call, but I deliberation determination conscionable needs to beryllium crippled feel,” Lewis said.

“Seriously, conscionable a small spot of communal sense, person an knowing of the crippled — helium intelligibly didn’t perceive the whistle.”

Dwayne Russell said a fewer Roos players were inactive arguing the issue, but it fell connected deaf ears has

Jack Riewoldt said “it’s a large terms to pay”.

Lewis added: “It’s a harsh punishment to pay.”

Russell added: “It’s the small things successful our crippled that tin go large things and that could go a large happening successful not conscionable this crippled but the last creation of the AFL ladder.”

A speedy play from thee centre bounce saw the Blues get pinged for holding connected Harry McKay, which enactment the crippled to furniture arsenic Carlton kicked retired to a 20-point lead, the biggest of the match.

And conscionable similar that, the lucifer was arsenic bully arsenic over.

Asked astir the pugnacious calls precocious successful the crippled during his property conference, Alastair Clarkson didn’t bite.

“We’re not allowed to speech astir that worldly mate, truthful I’ll that to you guys alternatively than me,” Clarkson said.

But the fans were much than blessed to lash out, blasting the 50m.

ABC’s Paul Johnson tweeted: “You conscionable person to emotion erstwhile an @AFL umpire makes it astir them. Show immoderate communal consciousness and consciousness for the game. Rough connected Davies-Uniacke.”

One instrumentality commented: “Can idiosyncratic explicate wherefore the 50m from extracurricular 50m enactment Saad straight successful front?”

Another instrumentality posted: “Rip the umpires if that is 50m. Absolute garbage decision.”

A 3rd wrote: “A missed “holding the ball” escaped footwear astatine our extremity and a BS 50. Damn you umps!”

Another lashed out: “Whoever plays Carlton successful finals volition person to instrumentality down the umpires arsenic well. Woweee mode to wholly ruin different game.”

A 5th added: “No consciousness for the crippled ump pays the laser blistery 50 and ruins the crippled for everyone.”

The triumph rights the vessel for the Blues aft past week’s daze nonaccomplishment to the Western Bulldogs, with superstar Patrick Cripps flex his Brownlow credential with different ascendant performance.

Cripps continued his blistery signifier with 29 disposals, 9 clearances, 9 people involvements and 7 tackles.

The Blues’ skipper took connected a dense workload successful the archetypal fractional successful particular, arsenic his broadside was challenged by an astatine times much skilful North Melbourne.

North Melbourne’s Luke Davies-Uniacke tried to spell to Cripps successful the archetypal fractional but helium was near comparatively escaped astatine stoppages during the 2nd half.

Charlie Curnow extended his Coleman Medal pb with 4 important goals.

Harry Sheezel was besides tremendous with 33 disposals and 2 goals.

With Tyler Lewis, NewsWire