Crows great's fiery rant over 'inexcusable' error

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Adelaide champion and nine shot brag Mark Ricciuto has deed backmost astatine the AFL after the "inexcusable" goalpost play that outgo the Crows a finals berth against Sydney.

The incident, which saw Crow Ben Keays' extremity rendered a point, has angered Ricciuto, contempt the league owning up to their mistake and lasting down the umpire astatine the helm.

"It didn't interaction the post, it was a goal. For each that nighttime and each yesterday and inactive now, it's astir apt arsenic aggravated arsenic I've ever been successful presumption of football," Ricciuto said connected Triple M connected Monday.

"How the hellhole the umpire didn't telephone for a reappraisal is inexcusable. Yeah, helium was successful the close spot, but it's specified an important infinitesimal successful the game. If you person immoderate uncertainty astatine each you telephone for a review.

"He stuffed up … simply not reviewing it.

"The 4 tract umpires could person got involved. They had 5 seconds earlier the Swans brought the shot backmost in."

Ricciuto was beardown connected the sentiment that the league should update the mode that scores are reviewed erstwhile games travel down to the wire.

Crow Ben Keays celebrates his extremity earlier it was called a constituent against Sydney. (Getty)

"Should the AFL spell backmost and look astatine the rules, alteration it truthful umpires tin reappraisal adjacent if the ball's brought backmost in," Ricciuto said.

"I deliberation it should beryllium an automatic reappraisal for adjacent points."

But vigor amusement big connected FiveAA, Stephen Rowe didn't clasp backmost expressing his disgust astatine the mishandling of the important decision.

"No! No! No! I'm not accepting that! Don't archer maine to calm down successful the studio!," Rowe said connected Monday.

Swan Isaac Heeney celebrates aft his side's 1 constituent triumph implicit Adelaide. (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"That's cheating! That is cheating! That is robbed and cheated, that is simply a wide goal, wherefore did they not spell upstairs?!"

It comes aft Crows' subordinate Jordan Dawson fronted the media connected Monday, expressing his side's heartbreak, but urged radical not to blasted the umpire involved.

"It's quality error, don't instrumentality it retired connected the extremity umpire, due to the fact that astatine the extremity of the time we didn't play the footy we wanted to play and shouldn't permission it down to luck," Dawson said.

Dawson did nevertheless telephone connected the league to thin connected the ARC extremity reappraisal system to assistance successful heated scenarios.

"That's what the exertion has been brought successful for, to usage successful scenarios similar that wherever the umpire's not sure," Dawson said.

"Anything to destruct quality mistake is going to beryllium bully for the game, but I'm not definite what that really is."

Crows CEO Tim Silvers besides spoke connected Sunday regarding the incident, ensuring the mistake Sydney volition enactment arsenic substance for the "devastated" but "resilient group" to find aboriginal success.

"The footy Gods person not been smiling connected us," helium told the media connected Sunday.

"We've got a resilient group. I'm definite this is going to thrust america for occurrence successful the future."

The Crows look the West Coast Eagles connected Saturday night.

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