Short answer
Not automatically. Contact after a free-kick whistle is not, by itself, proof of another credited tackle. Use the official tackle total from the statistical provider named in the market. A free kick and a tackle are different records; the match video and AFL laws help explain the incident but do not replace that provider’s final count.
Official AFL laws; the market’s named statistical provider determines tackle credit
What to check
Find a scorer example or Champion Data definition. The umpire’s call alone does not prove the stat.
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