Rival coaches are baffled at an umpire, believing he’d heard a siren, stopping play in the AFL’s Friday night fixture.
Field umpire Ray Chamberlain whistled and halted play late in the third quarter of Hawthorn’s 12-point win against the Crows at Adelaide Oval.
Chamberlain thought he’d heard a siren through his earpiece, and stopped play just as Hawk Luke Breust was shaping for a snapshot at goal.
“I think Breusty thought he may have to dodge Ray Chamberlain as well,” Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson said.
“They will work that out, the AFL.
“It’s a shame because this is a great venue and we have had two situations this year, there has been a bit of controversy over the siren.”
In a round nine match, Collingwood believed an Adelaide goal was kicked after a siren barely heard above crowd noise level.
Clarkson said the Friday night mix-up had little impact in Hawthorn’s 15.14 (104) to 14.8 (92) win: two seconds after play resumed, the siren actually sounded.
“Breusty still had to get past one or two opponents to get through, and could have nearly been done for holding the ball anyway,” he said.
“It doesn’t matter too much.”
His Crows counterpart Brenton Sanderson was puzzled.
“I didn’t quite understand what was happening there,” he said.
Martyn50
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The issue will be dealt with by the AFL to which an outcome will endure that it doesn't happen again. Unlike soccer that took 50 years to fix some of their problems and still has others that have not been fixed
Harry wells
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THis is a fairfax beat up - sure the chime went off in Rays ear one second early but the article doesnt explain that and I'm sure it will be fixed but didnt cost a goal or cause a major problem - the writeup is a primary school version of events to kick the AFL...
Jakarta Jeff
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If the miscall changed the result of the game, all hell would have broken loose. Just as well it didn't and just is a mistake - like the non-free to Baguley on his tackle of Monfries last weekend and many others during the season.