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Phil Davis

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409 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

If it was glancing the top of off or if it was just missing, I don't really care because that's not what we're doing because we don't mind a little bit of judgment.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

And if we think we come across to the AFL and we go, what are we trying to stop?

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

Well, we're trying to stop Tom Hawkins kicking into the post in a grand final and counting six points.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

That's what we're trying to stop.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

And I think for me, when we review little instances that aren't significant, like a lasso on the wing, out of bounds on the full versus one point, like what to me are relatively trivial.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

If you can't make the decision from footage within 10 seconds less, there's not a howler, then we just move on.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

But what we do is we... Like, I saw the Griffin-Logue one and I thought it was touched.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

But does it matter?

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

Yeah, it does in the situation of the game.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

But if you go all the way back to Wayne Harms belting the ball in from the boundary line in the 1970s, there's an element of inconsistency that comes with the game that I think is part of the beauty of Aussie rules football.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

And what I'm saying is...

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

We don't need to get the 99th percent little thing right.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

But let's just take care of the first 97.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

That's really easy.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

And that doesn't make... Because we just open ourselves up when we just replay it, replay it.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

And if it's a judgment call on 15 replays, just back it in that it was the umpire's call and we move on.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

Because we've got to be careful, Jared.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

And this has happened in cricket.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

And it might happen here.

Whateley
Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (29.04.26)

is umpires change their decision-making habits because they know they've got the backup.