AFL: The Fox Footy panel discuss why the umpire stopped play for Will Day to come off the field and whether or not that was the right decision.
And you can add a controversial call to stop play late in the fourth quarter to let a cramping Will Day leave the game to Swann’s list amid confusion around the injured player send-off rule .
Day was allowed to exit the match in a pivotal moment with 3:38 remaining due to cramp, despite being away from the play, with the Hawks trailing by 14 points. The AFL this season introduced new rules to assist clubs in removing players from the field who suffer head knocks as the league focuses concussion management, while umpires are also instructed to stop play if a player is injured in the vicinity of play.
“This is the drama of, it’s so easy to fake a cramp. Imagine last week if Max Gawn was smart enough in those last eight seconds to drop to the ground with a cramp and give his team 40 seconds to work through how to defend that 6-6-6 breach.”Day returned home on Saturday morning in a moon boot and very sore after his foot was stomped on in an anxious wait on how the star midfielder pulls up in the coming days.
“Not sure. I figured I’d get asked about it, so I deliberately didn’t talk to the medical guys, because I don’t have an answer yet,” Mitchell said after the game.
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