The AFL’s score review system may have had the most controversial moment this season.
With Essendon and Collingwood, who needed a circuit breaker in the middle of the third quarter, Jordan De Goey shrugged and snapped from 45 meters away.
The ball hit the referee, who was right on the line against one of the goal posts.
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The decision was sent to the AFL Review Center (ARC), where a controversial decision was made.
“Review completed,” said the examiner.
“Looking at this angle, I’m happy that if the referee hadn’t hit the referee the ball would have hit the goal post.”
A point was awarded rather than a goal that shared social media.
A goal would have brought Collingwood 11 points, but the bombers would kick the last two goals of the quarter and take an apparently unassailable lead.
AFL checked off the decision after the game and cited a line in Australian football laws for 2020.
“If football touches a referee or an official and, in the referee’s opinion, affects a score, the game is stopped and the referees determine whether the score should be recorded.”
From then on, the reviewer would make a call.
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