I think Margetts saw what he wanted to see. Have to reward the tackler when the player was done cold like that.he paid it for holding the man, Margetts was blinded to the location of the ball because the players were between him and the ball, he guessed the opposition didn’t take possession, which he did!
Everyone in the stands could see the Gold Coast player grab the ball then get wrapped up, Margetts couldn’t.
There was a terrible one late in the Freo v WB game where Andy Brayshaw nailed someone in the pocket and they dropped the ball cold. The umpire inconsistency in HTB is driving everyone insane.