{"id":656192,"date":"2026-05-07T20:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/656192\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T20:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:03:21","slug":"afl-2026-umpire-questioned-after-hawthorn-goal-ruled-out-by-finest-of-margins-against-fremantle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/656192\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL 2026: Umpire questioned after Hawthorn goal ruled out by finest of margins against Fremantle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Gunston rolled back the years against Fremantle but he had a goal controversially called off by the finest of margins as Hawthorn fell to a defeat.<\/p>\n<p>The forward has kicked six goals, including five in the first half, yet he could have had more.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=ncaeditoriallinkafl-edt-new-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=nca&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He thought he had kicked a goal to give his team a 24-16 lead in the first quarter, before a goal review intervened.<\/p>\n<p>The goal was chalked off after replays showed the ball scraped the post as it went over &#8211; the second time that has happened to Hawthorn in as many weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The club reacted on X, tweeting: \u201cNOT AGAIN. TWO WEEKS IN A ROW.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The technology which ruled the goal out may have been conclusive, but commentator David King was left questioning why it was required in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>He argued the umpire should have been better positioned so he could see the ball clipped the post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wonder why the goal umpire is not in line with the kick?\u201d he said on Fox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook where the goal umpire is. He should be in line with the kick so he can have the post in his vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gunston, 34, did not let the setback affect him and continued to prove a thorn in Fremantle\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle withdrew Luke Ryan who was given a torrid time by the veteran, but it proved pointless as he scored two more goals in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were impressed with his display and showered him with plaudits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGunston making mince meat of Luke Ryan in this first quarter,\u201d wrote one fan.<\/p>\n<p>Another added: \u201cGunston is special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A third commented: \u201cCan\u2019t believe how good Gunston is right now, he was like retired like three years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawthorn were left ruing the key call as they suffered a fourth quarter collapse to lose 88-73.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Gunston rolled back the years against Fremantle but he had a goal controversially called off by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-656192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}