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AFL admits umpiring error in Geelong’s one-point win over Brisbane Lions
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 at Kardinia Park.
Key points:
- Bailey tackled Mark Blicavs, who appeared to get rid of the ball illegally
- Umpire Robert O’Gorman called play on, before the Cats hung on to win
- The AFL now says it “was a missed free kick”
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 get rid of the ball illegally.
But umpire Robert O’Gorman called play on and Geelong hung on for a controversial one-point win.
If the free kick was awarded, Bailey would almost certainly have kicked a goal and won the match for the Lions.
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