With the Bulldogs trailing in the last quarter, Lake took a contested pack mark only to hobble off the ground with the kick being awarded to teammate Will Minson instead.

Will Minson duely kicks a goal which results in a drawn game between the two sides.

Terry Wallace voices his opinion on Lake's injury saying that he is sure Lake will be available to play in the coming match.

Nathan Brown also agrees with his coach saying that Lake's tactics were 'clever'.

"I don't think Brian was injured, I just think Brian was very clever. He got the kick to someone else, they got the two points which was what he wanted. I think it was very clever from Brian," Brown said.

The Bulldogs reject any claim that Lake was fit enough at the time to take the kick.

"He certainly tightened up there, no doubt about that," Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade said.

"There's no tear. There's no damage to the muscle. He's never done a hamstring before and it's foreign to him. He didn't know what it was."

The AFL also weighs in on the debate by conceding that Will Minson should not have been given the kick that should have taken, instead, by Scott Welsh or Cameron Wight.