A controversial goal umpiring blunder at Adelaide Oval has doomed the Crows’ finals hopes, and given the Swans new life. So, what happened, and what would have happened had the right calls been made.
The storm that erupted on Saturday night over the goal umpire’s decision to award a behind rather than a goal to Adelaide’s Ben Keays in the dying minutes of their clash with Sydney will eventually recede.
Keays and three teammates celebrate with Crows fans in the pocket. “They are celebrating – they don’t know yet [it’s a point],” Russell adds. However, the kick is deemed a point by the goal umpire. The Swans have the ball back, leading by a point.The goal umpire should have ruled a goal and/or sought a goal review by the league’s under-fire ARC system. The field umpires should have also called for a goal review.
Space to roam: While Ben Keays and three Crows teammates celebrate what they thought was a goal, the Swans quickly kick the ball to the opposite pocket where they have a numbers advantage.Warner marks and passes to Tom Hickey, who marks and finds Isaac Heeney alone on the wing, with a minute remaining. The cameras pan to Keays, who is still in disbelief. “They can’t believe it, they thought they were in front,” Russell says. The ball is out of bounds for a throw-in with 46 seconds left.
Most people in football accepted that changing the result was not a realistic option anyway as the goal umpiring error had occurred with 71 seconds remaining. That time meant Sydney could have stolen back the lead. The drama reprised memories of the “Sirengate” episode in round five, 2006 when umpires did not hear the final siren, allowing play to continue for St Kilda to level the scores against Fremantle. The AFL Commission awarded the win to Fremantle four days later. McLachlan said this incident was different because the Dockers were ahead when the siren actually blew.“This [the non-goal] was a mistake. They happen repeatedly through games by players, officials, others.
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