Scott Jeffery is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 field umpire in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

. He has umpired 106 career games in the AFL.

In April 2011 Jeffery made a controversial ruling in the final minutes of the match between St Kilda and Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 that ended in a draw.

Under pressure from St Kilda forwards, Richmond defender Luke McGuane

Luke McGuane

Luke McGuane is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL who plays for the Richmond Football Club.McGuane, who wears number 16, is a key position player for Richmond. He was drafted using pick 36 in the 2004 national draft...

handballed through the goal posts for a rushed behind. Jeffery ruled that McGuane was too far from the goal to legally do so and awarded a free kick to St Kilda, from which forward Nick Reiwoldt goaled. This decision was made in spite of the fact that there is no stipulation in the rules of distance from the goal to permit a rushed behind.

The AFL later admitted that Jeffery's decision was incorrect.

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