The AFL’s score review system is back in the spotlight after a controversial decision during Thursday night’s clash between Carlton and Melbourne.
Demons defender Steven May blew up at the umpires after he was convinced he touched a Charlie Curnow shot at goal.
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Curnow curled through a brilliant snap in the opening minute of the third quarter, but as the Coleman medallist celebrated with teammates, May could be seen gesturing to the umpires that he touched it.
There was no official score review, but as the ball returned to the middle it was looked at.
The score review official then instructed for the umpire to hold up play.
Initial replays proved inconclusive, with the Channel 7 commentary team asking for more pixels.
“Steven May might get the nod here for a touched ball. He is adamant he touched the ball. It’s impossible to tell from that, it’s just so blurry,” Brian Taylor said.
Dale Thomas added: “A couple more pixels would be nice. He was adamant though, his hand went stright up. The umpire’s called a goal, from what we’ve seen so far on these two angles it’s going to be hard to overturn.”
A third replay appeared to have a better angle, but just as it was shown the umpire balled it up in the middle and play continued.
“Unless they’re seeing something which we’re not, which isn’t happening, that can’t … Hang on, this one here,” Taylor said.
“Gee, I thought that last replay might have been able to stop it and see a bent finger there, but not holding the game up any longer.”
May was furious with the decision, although the Demons instantly responded with a goal.
The score review system had a tough start to the year with many pundits saying the goal umpires were being too cautious and it was delaying the games.
But over the past few weeks, less reviews have been called for with the officials instead relying on the automatic reviews as the ball went back to the middle.
