The AFF admitted that a process has “failed”, so that the debacle around the incorrect missioning of a concussion for Collingwood striker Lachie Schultz is compiled.
The Magpies said on Wednesday that they had not heard from the competition for days, even after the AFTs Health and Safety protocols had come under fire.
The Afl was beaten to be hired for why Schultz was not removed from the field, even though he was clearly in trouble after a collision with Fremantle defender Jordan Clark last Thursday evening.
Aflal boss Laura Kane took the responsibility for the situation after he became aware of the referees, had noticed that Schultz was injured.
The past initially issued a statement stating that referees did not see Schultz on the floor, but would have stopped playing if they had realized.
Audio obtained by Network Seven’s The Agenda Setters, however, revealed on Tuesday evening that Field referees were aware that Schultz was injured.
In a statement to seven, afboss Baas Laura Kane said that the final had initially received the wrong information by the referees, which led them to stated that the referees had not seen the affected magpie.
“She [the umpires] Went out of memory and not to the vision and we always have to look at the vision, “she said.
“All field referees from the game were all coached this afternoon that they should have stopped the game.”
Then, late on Wednesday, the competition sent another statement and said there had been a first miscommunication last Friday.
“Our process to determine what happened on Thursday evening has failed and we take full responsibility for that,” said Kane.
“Today we established that there was a miscommunication of members of the referee department, not on the Umpires field, which formed the basis of our first public statement on Friday.
“Those team members have been advised and reminded of the importance to ensure that our process is fully followed with regard to these types of incidents and in this case it was not.”
Kane added that she had asked colleague Josh Mahoney to ensure that miscommunication no longer happened.
Lachie Schultz fell on the floor while trying to run away after the pathogenic collision with Jordan Clark in the last quarter. ((Getty Images: Janelle St Pierre))
Collingwood coach Craig McRae was an adamant after the game on Thursday evening the game should have been stopped.
Magpies football boss Charlie Gardiner set forward at McRae’s weekly media conference to tackle questions about the Afg and the referees.
“A bit surprised with some of the internal communication (at the AFL),” Gardiner said on Wednesday.
“But from our perspective, it doesn’t really change our position, namely that we felt at night that the game should have stopped.
“We were contacted on Friday (by the AFL), just like a check-in.
“They inquired that they thought they would have been the right decision to stop the game, and that followed with the public position.
“But we have had no other contact than that.”
Several AFL referees attended the Collingwood training session on Wednesday, but Gardiner insisted that it was “part of our normal training plan”.
Gardiner said there were no “formal” discussions about the issues of the past week.
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