The AFL world has been left stunned by two controversial moments involving Cats star forward Jeremy Cameron during Geelong’s match against Collingwood on Friday night at the MCG.
Cameron was the star of the show as he kicked seven goals during the Cats 16.13 (109) to 15.11 (101) loss, however his fifth and sixth goals had fans in uproar after some ‘embarrassing’ calls by the umpires.
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With the Magpies dominating, Cameron threatened to swing the game back in the Cats’ favour, incredibly kicking his fifth and sixth goals of the match while standing completely out of bounds as the umpires inexplicably failed to blow the whistle.
Cameron’s fifth goal was awarded after he was paid the mark in the pocket despite being over the boundary line, with the decision leaving the commentators stunned.
“That’s out of play on the full. No, they’re (the umpires) going to allow it!,” Channel 7 commentator James Brayshaw said in amazement.
“That’s just about on the artificial turf,” fellow Channel 7 commentator Brian Taylor added.
“That is unbelievable that the umpire can not see that.”
After Cameron caught the mark, Collingwood defender Brayden Maynard pleaded with the umpire for an out of bounds on the full free kick, and when Maynard and teammate Nathan Murphy watched a replay of the incident on the big screen, their complaints to the umpire grew more furious.
Channel 7 commentator Matthew Richardson was surprised the Magpies players were not penalised for dissent.
“Well at least we know dissent doesn’t exist anymore,” Richardson said.
Fans took to social media as they vented their frustration towards the umpiring.
“Clearly not a mark but Maynard makes up for it by acting like a two year old,” one person wrote on Twitter.
“That was touched by a guy in row G. Embarrassing,” another person said.
“That is an absolute joke when the umpire is right next to the play,” added another.
The drama continued as Cameron kicked his sixth goal in the last quarter after receiving a handball from teammate Brad Close while appearing to be standing outside the boundary line.
Despite the umpire being only metres away, he failed to award a throw-in and Cameron played on and kicked a goal.
The AFL responded to the two controversial moments and admitted an error had occurred.
“Response from the AFL on the two contentious boundary calls last night,” 7AFL reporter Mitch Cleary tweeted on Saturday morning.
“Q4 – Close to Cameron handball: “Confirming an error and out of bounds should’ve been called.”
“Q3 – Cameron mark: “An additional angle points to Cameron taking the ball on the line.”
– With AAP
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