Fan-shot footage has confirmed Fremantle were robbed of victory over Carlton on Saturday night.
The Blues won the battle of two unbeaten AFL sides after kicking the last three goals in a 10.13 (73) to 9.9 (63) win, the last two coming in dramatic and controversial circumstances.
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Matt Cottrell put Carlton in front for good with less than a minute left after marking a ball the Dockers were adamant had been touched by James Aish.
And the Blues’ Matt Kennedy then sealed the result with a goal after a 50m penalty believed to have been paid after umpire dissent from Freo’s Jordan Clark.
The costly free kick ended the Dockers’ hopes of a last-second turnaround but the fact that they were even behind to begin with rankled.
Broadcast angles left many unconvinced that Fremantle had claims to Cottrell’s mark having been touched, a majority view forming that the ball only appeared to brush Aish’s hair.
Since then, though, fan footage from behind the goals at the opposite end has confirmed the Sherrin took a significant deflection off his tricep and shoulder.
Much of the focus in the aftermath was on the dissent call but Dockers coach Justin Longmuir acknowledged the difficult job of umpiring marking situations where reviews aren’t allowed.
“We should have just got on with it,” Longmuir said.
“Even if they weren’t happy with the (umpiring) call before, there’s not much you can do.
“The players clearly thought they touched the footy and they still say that now.
“But it’s a really hard call for the umpire to make … we just need to move on because the umpires are never going to backtrack.”
Former Essendon captain Jobe Watson suggested there could be a window for AFL to review marks in the future.
“If it’s a clear touched (ball) and we’ve got video evidence that suggests it, to support it, it becomes a stopped play anyway, why not just go upstairs?” he asked on Channel 7.
“(Then) say ‘listen it’s an incorrect decision, let’s make the right decision now, we’ll play on and ball it up’.”
Tigers great Matthew Richardson said it was an “interesting” conversation to have but suggested he was against it.
“You open up a big can of worms there with other decisions throughout a game,” he said.
A set number of captain’s challenges would be one solution but, as other sports have shown, that comes with its own set of complications.
– with AAP