Most inconsistently applied rule in football.

Infuriating!!

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Quote Originally Posted by mcs View Post
That was the one time I let out just a quiet roar at the telly on Saturday night - utterly absurd that he missed the first one but saw the carbon copy two seconds later.
Most inconsistently applied rule in football. Even the deliberate out of bounds rule is easier to predict that whether an umpire will pay holding the ball or not.

Infuriating!!

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Quote Originally Posted by graemed View Post
Whilst I have little to complain about the umpiring from Saturday night. The continued non-decisions across the league wrt below the knee contact is incredibly frustrating.
St Kilda players were regularly guilty of attempting to win possession by sliding into the contests and then making contact with Swans players below the knees. This was frequent enough to be seen by even the most distracted of umpires.
Yet not one decision was made.
I cringe every time I see it and especially when Gary Rohan is on the field.
It is almost like the umpires forget the rule exists.

Then the times they do award it makes no sense at all.