Schulz a mark of year contender

The AFL's contentious score review system has again come under fire with two incidents in today's Melbourne-Port Adelaide clash at the MCG

Port Adelaide forward Jay Schulz takes a huge mark against the Demons at the MCG. Picture: Scott Barbour

JAY Schulz is convinced the ball crossed the line.

But Port Adelaide's best forward is not about to give Brad Ebert his goal back.

"I did hand the ball back to the umpire and Brad keeps telling me it was his goal but I'm going to take it now," said Schulz of his skyscraping AFL Mark of the Year contender on the goal line at the city end of the MCG.

"I thought when I hit the ground it was going to be given as a goal so I walked over to the umpire, gave him the ball and said 'I think that's a goal'.

"He said 'no, you can have it'. I think they may have given it to me just because it was a nice mark."

The decision was referred to the video review system but with video proving inconclusive, the goal umpire's call stood.

Schulz calmly went back and slotted the goal and is almost certain to have put his spectacular second quarter grab over teammates Matthew Lobbe and Justin Westhoff and opponents Tom Gillies and James Frawley into mark of the year reckoning.

"It was one of the best and most comfortable rides I've had," four-goal forward line star Schulz said of the lift he got which allowed him to take the mark on his chest.

The mark was reminiscent of that of former Melbourne star Shaun Smith's mark of the century contender in 1995.

"The mark's a bit of a blur so I'll have to go back and have a look at it (on replay) but it's nice to be able to take one of those every now and then," Schulz said.

"I got a clean run at it, which I don't usually get, I managed to get a ride and was lucky to hold on to it.

"You always feel good when they stick and it's nice to take one so early on in the year."

As happy as he was with the mark, Schulz was overjoyed with the win, which was Port's first at the MCG since 2009.

He said the club was on the road to redemption under new coach Ken Hinkley and that a good start would hold it in good stead for the rest of the year.

"It was important because we wanted people to see the change, the change in game plan, of players and their want to compete and win," Schulz said.

"We are sick of what we've gone through in the past few years and hopefully everyone, including our supporters, can see that we are trying to change."

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