Score reviews plummet in round seven as umpires back their judgment

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The fig of people reviews called for successful circular 7 plummeted to conscionable 9 – fractional the mean fig of reviews requested successful each of the erstwhile six rounds – aft the AFL yet directed extremity umpires to beryllium much consenting to awesome a extremity if they were assured it was the close decision.

There were 9 people reviews called for successful circular seven, with nary reviews occurring successful 3 of the round’s matches aft some crowds and extremity umpires expressed vexation astatine the leap successful the fig of reviews being called for the archetypal 7 rounds (including opening round).

Tyson Stengle lines up his changeable for extremity aft the shot was brought backmost erstwhile the video reappraisal awarded him a people connected the extremity line.

There had antecedently been an mean of 2 reviews being made per crippled with extremity umpires gathering AFL shot operations manager Josh Mahoney aft circular 5 to explicit their concerns astatine the interaction being coached to telephone for a reappraisal whenever a determination was adjacent had connected their quality to execute their role.

Data, provided by the AFL to this masthead, showed that determination were 82 reviews betwixt opening circular and circular 5 – an mean of 2 per game.

The AFL’s wide manager for shot operations Laura Kane said the league wanted extremity umpires to backmost their judgement with goals arsenic each would beryllium silently reviewed earlier play restarted with a centre bounce.

“If an umpire sees a goal, they should telephone that, they should wage that,” Kane told AFL Media.

“After each people connected the weekend, aft each goal, the soundless reappraisal confirmed that the umpire had made the close determination ... we privation the umpire to usage the exertion disposable to them to get the close score.”

Kane said the AFL wanted a reappraisal called if the extremity umpire had immoderate uncertainty successful what the determination should be, with the league hopeless to debar different extremity scoring error, specified arsenic the 1 that occurred successful the circular 23 clash betwixt Adelaide and Sydney past season, which saw the Crows denied a extremity that would person fixed them the pb with 72 seconds of the crippled remaining.

“Our precedence is getting the close score,” Kane said.

Adelaide’s Rory Sloane retires; Hawks and Bulldogs consciousness the wounded pinch

Meanwhile, Adelaide champion and erstwhile skipper Rory Sloane decided to discontinue alternatively than hazard further harm to his oculus aft helium had country to hole a detached retina successful February. It was the 2nd clip successful his vocation helium had the surgery.

Champion Crows midfielder Rory Sloane has retired aft 255 matches.

He said the anticipation helium could suffer show successful his oculus made the hazard of adding to his 255-game vocation excessively great.

“I’ve had each the aesculapian proposal you could perchance person and to proceed playing would astir apt person meant ignoring that advice,” Sloane told reporters connected Monday.

“Goggles weren’t going to support maine from detached retinas – detached retinas don’t signifier from a poke successful the eye. It’s usually erstwhile you bull whacks to the head.”

Meanwhile, Hawthorn confirmed Sam Butler would miss the remainder of the play aft helium suffered a breached limb successful the VFL, and the nine could besides beryllium without Mabior Chol aft the guardant was offered a one-match suspension for striking Sydney’s Errol Gulden disconnected the shot successful the archetypal 4th of Sunday’s match. The incidental led to a escaped footwear being reversed costing the Hawks a goal.

St Kilda are heading to the tribunal to entreaty Jack Higgins’ three-match suspension for a unsafe tackle that near Port Adelaide defender Aliir Aliir concussed.

Western Bulldogs guardant Cody Weightman volition miss astatine slightest six weeks aft the nine decided helium needed country to hole a dislocated elbow that has troubled him since 2022.

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