Raglan, you are quite right to delve into that Walters situation. If we're talking about the same incident, he was penalised for ducking into the opposing player. I thought that if he was down near the ground, already in possession of the ball, he did not deserve to be penalised if the opposing player ran at him.
It was another of Razor Ray's overzealous opportunities to blow the whistle. Speaking of RR, he gave Hawks a free just after their third goal (and leading immediately to their fourth for a high tackle by a Lachie Neale - RR was behind the play and to me it looked to me* like a fair tackle around the shoulders. If he was unsighted, he shouldn't guess, and its frustrating when they position themselves so that they miss definite frees. Yes, between the three of them, they do need to see all that the 38K of us see. They get paid big bucks to be all-seeing, as well as acting all-seeing.
* I looked at the replay and it still looks to me like a legitimate tackle.
LATE NEWS: on the AFL website just now, the revelation from 'AFL boss' that Schulz should have been suspended for last week's sling tackle. Just like they obviously worked out after the event that Fyfe should not have been suspended in 2014 and thereby miss out on the Brownlow. Collectively, they have the integrity and stability of a blancmange. Lets be honest — in all respects except revenue, its still the VFL