Audio has emerged that casts doubt on the umpires’ version of events from Thursday night’s match in which Magpie Lachie Schultz was concussed.
Field umpires knew Collingwood player Lachie Schultz was lying injured on the field when they let play continue during last Thursday night’s match at Optus Stadium, despite later telling the AFL they hadn’t seen him, according to new audio of the incident.on Tuesday night in an embarrassing situation for the league.AFL football boss Laura Kane told Seven she took responsibility but explained she had initially been given the wrong information by the umpires.
But the audio of the match contradicted the umpires’ memory of the events, which they relied on to tell the head of the AFL umpires Josh Mahoney they had not seen Schultz injured. All four umpires were called into AFL House on Tuesday for a tense meeting with AFL football operations boss Kane, who late on Tuesday released a statement to Seven in which she took responsibility, but put the blame for being misled back onto the umpires.“We were given the wrong information from the umpires. It’s inconsistent with the vision. They – the umpires – were going off memory and not the vision. And we should always look at the vision.
“The play can be stopped by the umpires, who are instructed to stop play as soon as they are aware there is an injured player in the vicinity of play. In last night’s match the umpires did not see the injured player at the time, so play continued,” read an AFL statement.
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