The AFL’s score review system is once again under fire after Dylan Moore’s goal in Hawthorn’s clash with Melbourne was allowed to stand.
Moore snapped what looked like the opening goal in the first minute of Saturday’s clash at the MCG.
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The goal umpire gave it the all clear, but Moore’s celebrations were muted and he even signalled to teammates that it was touched off the boot.
Melbourne defenders Blake Howes and Trent Rivers both tried to smother ball and it was initially unclear who had touched it, although Rivers did immediately signal it was touched.
It was impossible to tell whether Howes had touched it off Moore’s boot, but replays appeared to show Rivers getting a finger on it as the ball went past his outstretched hand.

However, despite that, the goal was allowed to stand.
“Dylan Moore gets things going ... but he thinks it’s touched. Honest Dylan,” Mark Howard said in commentary.
Nick Dal Santo added: “Yeah, well all the Hawks have already said it’s been touched, so they’re setting up in a zone. That’s where the honesty system should just come straight in, if the player kicking the football says it’s touched.”
It was unclear if the ARC were looking at the same angle as Fox Footy showed or even if they were looking at the right player.
“Surely the man up there is swayed by the reaction of the player though,” Howard added.
But in the end, they allowed the goal to stand.
“There must have been no vision to overturn the umpire’s decision,” Howard said.
Dal Santo raised concerns if that was the case.
“There’s an immediate concern with that – the players, both clubs, say it was touched,” he said.
“The technology is not up to the same level as the honesty of the players.”
Fans were not impressed by the call.
“This is plain stupidity. What’s the point of reviewing, if you’re not going to use it properly,” one fan raged.
“Goal review technology just stellar. Why do we bother with all the garbage delays when it doesn’t catch a blatant touch called out by the player that kicked it?” Another said.
“What a joke,” another said.
“Yet in 2021 we were told by the AFL that Tom Lynch’s lack of celebration played a part in them overturning a finals deciding goal. No sporting organisation constantly disrespects fans like the AFL,” another said in reference to a controversial call four years ago,” another said.
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