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No, AFL kicked an own goal on that one. They supplied a video showing the exact same scenario and called it "in play", so...2005 is the only one with dead set rigging proof.
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No, AFL kicked an own goal on that one. They supplied a video showing the exact same scenario and called it "in play", so...2005 is the only one with dead set rigging proof.
a closed close.
The league were embarrassed to the point that then-acting AFL general manager of football operations Mark Evans rang Sydney chief executive Andrew Ireland on the Tuesday after the match to apologise for the umpires costing the Swans four goals. The winning margin blew out late to 22 points after the Bulldogs kicked the final two goals in time on of the final quarter.
The game goes another 5 minutes and the Bulldogs win by 40+
Better team won on the day as sad and impossible as that it is for bitter Swans fans to admit.
The game goes another 5 minutes and the Bulldogs win by 40+
Better team won on the day as sad and impossible as that it is for bitter Swans fans to admit.
A very different game if the Swans are 20 points up with 10 minutes to go.
and if the game went another 3 weeks?
Lol ok
The AFL admitted that 4 of the goals the Bulldogs kicked were from bad decisions, so 20 points is not unreasonable.
They would have found 4 goals elsewhere, they were absolutely all over you after half time and Sydney had about half a dozen non contributors. Did the umpires make Gary Rohan and Ben McGlynn completely sh*t the bed?
Keep screaming into the void though, I'm sure it'll make a difference.
You're in the same void right now.
No, I'm just egging you on for fun
they're all rigged mate, especially obvious from 2001 onwards. the VFL literally manufactured 3 dynasties, 2 were drug cheats
Port definitely the Grant Hackett to Brisbane's Ian Thorpe. Very deserving, extremely unlucky timing.Reasonable case to make that Port should have or could have won a couple more (they were minor premiers during Brisbane's run).
Its still a stretch though.
HahahahahaThe result of the 2006 Grand Final does not bother me, nor does the 2014 Grand Final as both were fair and the right team won. The 2016 Grand Final though, well, that is one I am never going to see as fair as the umpiring was the most biased I have ever seen, and the fact non-Swans fans have said something similar tells me something.
Plus a few days after the Grand Final the AFL admitted to Sydney that at least 4 goals the Bulldogs got because of free kicks should not have been goals.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sp...e/news-story/dd26db5f59740617c8e4847d13e5294b
THE AFL has found the umpiring in the 2016 Grand Final fell short of the standard expected from the three umpires of that elite calibre.
The league has reviewed the umpiring from the Grand Final and found that there were three to four decisions that were incorrect that went against the Sydney Swans.
Those decisions deemed incorrect by the review included some failures to call sliding free kicks, most notably the contentious slide by Easton Wood on Dan Hannebery that resulted in a medial ligament injury to the Swan in the final quarter when the game lay in the balance.
At least one other slide that wasn’t paid was viewed as a mistake. Incidents that were contentious included below the knees contact from Toby McLean on Kieren Jack that went against Jack for being too high, as well as a slide from Dale Morris on the wing which saw Tom Papley tumble over.
Hahahahaha
I've respected you as a poster but quoting The Australian is ridiculous. The AFL never stated the Bulldogs received "at least 4 goals the Bulldogs got because of free kicks"
Jake Niall reporting for Fox Footy:
If you're going to reference an official statement, make sure it's from informative journalism and not an opinion piece from a newspaper widely disparaged for it's Murdoch-influenced drivel.
It's clear to everyone with half a brain the Doggies were gifted the '16 Grand Final (whether deliberate or just real bad umpiring), but where's the proof?
clearly rigged grand final day
No, AFL kicked an own goal on that one. They supplied a video showing the exact same scenario and called it "in play", so...