After misinterpreting the rule being trialled over the pre-season during West Coast's NAB Challenge clash with Fremantle, and costing the Eagles the match, Rosebury could have been forgiven for avoiding the WA club.
But, as a special guest at the West Coast Eagles 2009 season launch, the League's No.1 umpire kept his Tuesday morning appointment, and the club's corporate members were more than happy to forgive, if not forget.
Much to the crowd's pleasure, Rosebury conceded penalising young Eagle Scott Selwood for punching the ball through for a behind late in the match was incorrect.
"If I had my time again I definitely would not have paid it," he said.
"In hindsight it is always wonderful to reflect on your decisions, but not all that wonderful when they are shocking like that one.
"You never like to receive a phone call on a Monday morning, but [AFL director of umpiring Jeff Gieschen] did call, and he said: 'Brett, talk me through the decision.'
"Decisions like last week you're pretty hard on yourself. You just try not to make mistakes when it's close and a crucial stage of the game."
Rosebury, a West Australian who moved to Melbourne help his umpiring career in 2000, said the rushed behind rule was hard for umpires to interpret.
The 28-year-old added that with the AFL season opener only nine days away, the League's umpires needed to know what interpretation they will be applying for the home and away season.
"The rule still hasn't been given the tick, so it'd be nice to know," he said.
"They're seriously looking at it, and I think it will come in. But it would be good to know [nine] days out from round one what the rule is going to be for the year."
The rushed behind rule allows umpires to pay a free kick on the goal line if they deem the rushed behind to be deliberate.
The AFL Commission will meet on Friday to decide if the rule, which has split opinion through the League, will be adopted for the 2009 season.
