Giesch takes a stand

AFL Football Operations Manager Mark Evans says the current video goal review system isn't "perfect" and can't gurantee it will remain until the end of the season.

Herald Sun cartoonist Macca's take on the straddling debate. Source: Herald Sun

AFL umpires boss Jeff Gieschen has defended the goal umpires' right to straddle the line.

The positioning of goal umpires has come under scrutiny after official Dale Edwick was partly in the field of play when a shot from Richmond's Matt White struck him on the leg.

No goal review was called, but Richmond coach Damien Hardwick believed the ball crossed the goal line.

The AFL has asked if umpires can stand where they are not on the field.

"I would think that first of all, let's get it so the ball doesn't hit the umpire in the first place," AFL football operations boss Mark Evans said.

"We've asked the umpires to look at whether, in an instance where the ball is rolling towards the goal line, that goal umpire, if he can't get to the opposite side so the ball is rolling away from him ... is there a position that the goal umpire can take so he doesn't actually come on to the field of play?"

 Gieschen said umpires had been straddling the line for years.

"They do that because they want to try and adjudicate accurately touched balls on the line," he said.

"If they're not on the line people are going to say, 'Why aren't they on the line?'

"If they are on the line they run the risk of getting hit a few times and that's exactly what happened on the weekend."

The AFL has declared a goal review should have been called.

"He was extremely confident, and that's the reason why he didn't call for a score review," Gieschen said.

"The goal umpire knew exactly where it hit him and where he was in relation to the line."

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