Amid the euphoria aft watching their squad clinch a expansive last berth successful heart-stopping scenes, Swans fans person astir apt already forgotten the controversy.
But an umpire's telephone successful the dying minutes of Sydney's one-point preliminary last triumph implicit Collingwood has Magpies supporters asking questions.
With 9 minutes remaining successful the Swans' 14.11 (95) to 14.10 (94) triumph astatine the SCG connected Saturday, Tom Papley received a escaped footwear heavy successful Sydney's guardant 50 and slotted a extremity to widen the hosts' pb to 20 points.
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The umpire penalised Isaac Quaynor for precocious interaction connected Papley, but helium overlooked the information the Sydney pouch rocket had pushed Darcy Moore successful the back.
The Papley large gave the Swans important breathing abstraction successful a four-goal-to-one last 4th successful the Magpies' favour.
"I reckon they won't get retired of the carpark earlier they commencement talking astir was Papley a propulsion successful the backmost connected Darcy Moore, oregon was it a people oregon a escaped kick?" David King said connected Fox Footy's post-game coverage.
"It outgo a extremity astatine a captious time."
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Jason Dunstall challenged King.
"You get the rub," Dunstall said.
"There are decisions each done the game."
Luke Hodge took objection to the umpire's telephone astatine the clip of the decision.
"The umpire had a cleanable presumption of it," Hodge said connected the Seven broadcast.
"Looked similar 2 hands successful the backmost for sure."
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"He knows however large that was, Tom Papley," Luke Darcy added connected the Seven coverage.
"Maybe a small fortuitous."
North Melbourne large Corey McKernan slammed the determination connected Twitter, writing: "What a joke".
Sydney volition conscionable Geelong successful the expansive last astatine the MCG adjacent Saturday arsenic it hunts its archetypal premiership since 2012, erstwhile John Longmire led the Swans to glory successful his 2nd play arsenic caput coach.
The Cats are eyeing their archetypal rubric since 2011, erstwhile Chris Scott lifted Geelong to the pinnacle successful his archetypal play successful the job.
Geelong reached this year's expansive last successful a 71-point hammering of Brisbane astatine the MCG connected Friday.
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