Re: AFL Rd 17 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
Reply #3 –
I try not to pile on the umps but those two late calls against the Blues were really bad.
Haynes did no worse than a gazillion defenders have done all season yet the umpire decided to ping him, that is another of a handful of rules that needs to be thrown out completely.
As for Campbell being grabbed to high, the replay clearly showed he "did a Ginnivan" and ducked well into it and early too. Really poor call from the umpire and it is a serious concern because if they can't get stuff like that right, then you have to question what is going on behind the scenes ......... match-fixing, betting etc.
Blues should have kicked straighter and held a 5-goal buffer, made hard work of it and never should have been in that position.
Kudos to the young Tigers for fighting it out, big raspberry to Lynch who is getting grossly overpaid for the woeful kicking at goal he showed us.