Alastair Clarkson has warned umpires to be on guard for players milking free kicks after a pair of off-the-ball incidents involving Cody Weightman hurt North Melbourne in their 17-point defeat to the Western Bulldogs. Dogs goal-sneak Weightman kicked a game-high three majors in a low-scoring affair at Marvel Stadium on Saturday and was at the centre of two contentious decisions by the whistleblowers.
” While conceding North were outplayed by a superior Bulldogs outfit, Clarkson felt his defensive unit held up fairly well against a deluge of opposition supply. The Dogs won the inside-50 count 57-42. “They get two goals through Weightman off-the-ball free kicks and you could argue whether they’re there or not,” Clarkson said. “But of their goals, two of them are like that, and they only have 10 inside-50 marks for the game from 57 entries.