I sometimes struggle to understand the consistency of umpiring decisions on the field game to game/ week to week and then the explanation from Jeff Gieschen in the 'It's Your Call' video put out by the AFL site, so I thought I might get some help from you guys who have been around the game for a longer time.
Last week I was watching Grundy get a free against him for what I thought was a legal bump with his body from the side as the ball came down to Nick Reiwoldt. It wasnt in the back, or with his hands, or the ball outside 5m away - the explanation given by Gieschen was that he did it in 2 movements?? ie he bumbed Nick and then moved to catch the ball. It looked for all the world to me like a perfect example of using your body (no hands) to protect the drop of the ball - similar to Jack did a few weeks ago inside 50 when he bumbed a Dees player (I think) as they were both going for the ball.
I am missing something?
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