Have just had a coffee with the umpire from the doveton v cpl game, i asked about the 2 incidents. Now before i comment, do not have a go at me, these are comments made from someone else.
This particular umpire did not see first incident but his colleague stated was in play.
Macklin incident, he said if anything was a result of macklin hitting ground not opposition player, but also macklins warning wasnt for the screams on the ground, it was prior and for telling his opposition "dont f***ing mess with me, do you know who the f*** i am, and what i can do"
Terrible incident that no one likes to see, umpire feels terrible for macklin but as he told the league, to him, nothing untoward.
This particular umpire did not see first incident but his colleague stated was in play.
Macklin incident, he said if anything was a result of macklin hitting ground not opposition player, but also macklins warning wasnt for the screams on the ground, it was prior and for telling his opposition "dont f***ing mess with me, do you know who the f*** i am, and what i can do"
Terrible incident that no one likes to see, umpire feels terrible for macklin but as he told the league, to him, nothing untoward.