Taylor Adams is being slammed on social media for what appears to be like like a blatant dive.
The Collingwood the midfielder was monitoring Richmond defender Daniel Rioli to the boundary line throughout the second quarter of their Friday evening AFL blockbuster when Rioli overran the ball.
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Adams initially regarded as if he was bracing for contact however, after realizing Rioli had gone to the bottom and left the ball behind, Adams received wrong-footed and wanted to make a break up second resolution.
As a substitute of following Rioli to the bottom, Adams, whose momentum despatched him previous the ball as properly, dived straight over his opponent in a movement not dissimilar to that which is required for Olympic water diving.
He launched himself over Rioli and nearly utterly averted contact earlier than the ball then trickled over the boundary line.
Curiously, he then received up and appealed to the umpire for a free kick.
Followers have been fast to shred the star midfielder for the diving effort.
“Taylor Adams needs to be a capturing star meme after that,” one stated.
However Channel 7 commentators Brian Taylor and Luke Hodge weren’t as fast to imagine the worst, suggesting he might have simply been making an attempt to guard Rioli.
“Gee, what was Adams diving for?” Taylor stated.
“I feel that was a security dive – he tried to keep away from Rioli,” Hodge added.
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