{"id":702513,"date":"2026-05-29T16:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/702513\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:14:12","slug":"afl-2026-chris-scott-post-match-press-conference-score-review-system-ollie-dempsey-non-goal-video-geelong-loss-to-carlton-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/702513\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL 2026: Chris Scott post-match press conference, score review system, Ollie Dempsey non-goal, video, Geelong loss to Carlton, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geelong coach Chris Scott has questioned the AFL\u2019s score review system after a \u201chowler\u201d non-goal decision against Ollie Dempsey in his side\u2019s thrilling four-point loss to Carlton on Friday night<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Dempsey was denied a goal in the opening minutes of the MCG contest, despite the Cats star appearing to get a shin on the ball in a line-ball call that wasn\u2019t reviewed.<\/p>\n

A rule change made by the AFL after Round 7 also crucially meant the AFL Review Centre (ARC) couldn\u2019t overrule the decision once the ball was back in play.<\/p>\n

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Scott said post-match \u201cmistakes happen\u201d and \u201cmy feelings don\u2019t matter,\u201d but \u201cthere should\u2019ve been a review called\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal umpire got knocked over. The technology is there for the howler, and someone within the ARC should\u2019ve seen that was a howler within seconds,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you guys (the media) will talk about it more. I don\u2019t think I really have that much more to add.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I would be doing is making the observation that\u2019s as plain to you as it is to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

CRIPPS THE HERO! Late goal seals victory | 00:45<\/p>\n

The Cats coach added that the score review system was \u201cso far down the list\u201d of things \u201cI\u2019d like to have my opinion heard on\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure they need my help on that or even my observation on whether it\u2019s appropriate or not,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI certainly think that whole department should be held to high standards.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut honestly I\u2019m not going to spend a second more thinking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given Geelong went down by less than a kick, the decision arguably cost Geelong Friday night\u2019s game. <\/p>\n

Scott ultimately is \u201cnot a huge fan of the all the theatrics around the score review\u201d that \u201cseems to take a long time when sometimes it\u2019s so obvious you don\u2019t need a review.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the two-premiership coach was strong on the idea of an honesty system. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor what it\u2019s worth, we are quite strong with our players, don\u2019t lie. I think it\u2019s terrible at lower levels as well, if you claim you touched it, and you didn\u2019t, don\u2019t say it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you know Ollie Dempsey, even casually, and he says it\u2019s a goal, it\u2019s a goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m sort of waxing lyrical. I hope you can tell it\u2019s the rub of the green sort of stuff in my opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI completely accept that the AFL should spend some time on their processes. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll let them do that and we\u2019ll move on to, how long did the game go for? Let\u2019s say 101 minutes. The last 109 minutes will be our focus in review.\u201d<\/p>\n

“It was a pretty out of body experience” | 00:58<\/p>\n

It came off the back of Geelong\u2019s statement wins over Sydney (by 27 points) and Brisbane (41 points) as it surged into the top four and led to some calls the Cats should be premiership favourites.<\/p>\n

Though Thursday\u2019s loss saw Geelong fall to 8-4 as its poor run against Carlton continued, having dropped four of its last five to the Blues in a record Scott said he wasn\u2019t aware of.<\/p>\n

He also put the fixture in the spotlight ahead of tough upcoming clashes against Adelaide (Adelaide Oval), Gold Coast (GMHBA Stadium) and Fremantle (Optus Stadium), all of whom the Cats have already played, ahead of their mid-season bye.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure how much time you guys spend on the draw… it\u2019s a fascinating part of the AFL landscape, in my opinion,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think even the AFL say: \u2018Well, we don\u2019t know who\u2019s going to be good\u2019. But you have an idea from last year and they sort of break it up into sixes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe go through a patch in the draw where I think we probably play all the contenders, and probably three, four or five of them twice, before we play some of the teams down the bottom once.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, how we come through this period probably tells us a little bit. Even with the byes coming up, the ladder becomes confusing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t envy you, sometimes, because I would be a bit confused. I\u2019d kind of look at it and say: \u2018Carlton looked pretty good tonight, but Geelong looked pretty good the last two, three or four weeks. How does it all fit together?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the difference between your job and mine. Your job is to inflame the situation in the moment and the week, and ours is to actually smooth it out a bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnless you\u2019ve got critical problems you really need to fix, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s us right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geelong coach Chris Scott has questioned the AFL\u2019s score review system after a \u201chowler\u201d non-goal decision against Ollie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,689,55,639,684,3239,12923,342027,269051,13659,342024,2485,342023,342028,342022,677,7800,4873,38381,701,38794,342026,342025,85],"class_list":["post-702513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-ben-cotton","tag-carlton-blues","tag-chris-scott","tag-final-play-heroics","tag-four-point-loss","tag-geelong-cats","tag-goal-seals","tag-gold-coast","tag-gun-appearing","tag-honesty-system","tag-non-goal-decision","tag-oceania","tag-patrick-cripps","tag-post-match-press-conference","tag-premiership-favourites","tag-queensland","tag-rule-change","tag-score-review-call","tag-score-review-system","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702513","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=702513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}