Published: March 26, 2021
- AFL admits Brisbane should have been awarded a free kick in the dying stages of Friday night’s narrow defeat to Geelong.
- “We didn’t quite get this one right,” said AFL umpires boss Dan Richardson
The AFL has conceded a free kick should have been awarded to Brisbane’s Zac Bailey in the dying stages of Friday night’s one-point defeat to Geelong. Bailey laid a tackle on Mark Blicavs a few metres out from the Lions’ attacking goal and spun the Cats defender, who then appeared to dispose of the ball illegally. But umpire Robert O’Gorman called play on and Geelong hung on for a controversial win.
If the free kick was awarded, Bailey would almost certainly have kicked a goal and won the match for Brisbane. Instead, they sit 0-2 after two rounds.
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