Weitering gifts Roos a goal with bizarre brain-fade

Carlton made a horrendous start in their loss to North Melbourne, and this strange blunder from Jacob Weitering summed it up perfectly.

The Roos were dominant in the early going, cruising to a 32-point quarter-time lead en route to a 17-point victory.

Their third goal of the game came courtesy of a major brain-fade from Weitering, who decided to try and parry a long kick back into the field of play instead of marking or touching the ball over the line.

In doing so he allowed an easy goal for his opponents, who only needed to soccer the ball through from point blank range.

Weitering was under no pressure whatsoever but seemed to be concerned about giving away a free kick for a deliberate rushed behind.

"I'm sure he knows if he wants to he can just knock the ball through," Leigh Matthews said in commentary.

"Normally you would just take the ball through the goals."

Carlton looked set to produce an all-time heist but ran out of run in the final quarter.

The Blues have now lost three in a row and will look to regroup after next week's bye.

The ambiguous rushed behind rule was thrust back into the spotlight when Richmond defender Jayden Short was penalised during Saturday night's clash against Essendon at the MCG.

Richmond skipper Trent Cotchin believes the hotly-debated free kick has created even more confusion amongst players.

with AAP