{"id":703399,"date":"2026-05-30T02:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/703399\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T02:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:06:10","slug":"afl-2026-carlton-blues-defeat-geelong-cats-ollie-dempsey-denied-goal-umpire-mistake-gerard-whateley-rant-video-highlights-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/703399\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL 2026: Carlton Blues defeat Geelong Cats, Ollie Dempsey denied goal, umpire mistake, Gerard Whateley rant, video, highlights, news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Footy commentator Gerard Whateley has launched into an all-time score review rant after Geelong forward Ollie Dempsey was denied a goal during Friday evening\u2019s loss to Carlton at the MCG<\/a>, imploring the AFL to \u201cget rid of it\u201d.<\/p>\n

Early in the Round 12 contest, Dempsey appeared to get a shin on the ball before it crossed the goal line, but on-field umpires didn\u2019t review the line-ball call, potentially denying the Cats a goal. Last month, the league introduced a rule change that meant the AFL Review Centre (ARC) couldn\u2019t overrule decisions once the ball was back in play, a decision that backfired on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Another ARC disaster for the AFL! | 00:38<\/p>\n

Geelong ultimately suffered a thrilling four-point loss, with coach Chris Scott venting his frustration during the post-match press conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe technology is there for the howler,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone within the ARC should\u2019ve seen that was a howler within seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott perplexed after ARC ‘howler’ | 13:25<\/p>\n

Speaking on Fox Footy, Whateley fumed at the sport\u2019s ongoing failure to resolve incorrect decisions despite multiple iterations of the score review system, questioning the value of technology in umpiring.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the best imaginable example of why technology in sport is the worship of a false God,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can\u2019t correct the howler. How many times do we have to see it? It doesn\u2019t correct the howler.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will never correct the howler properly in the AFL, and it\u2019s why I\u2019ve urged the sport from day one, do not go down this path.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cThe humans at play here botched this something horrible. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the goal umpire\u2019s responsibility to go, \u2018I got tipped over, I\u2019m sending this to the ARC. It\u2019s the fail safe!\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe field umpire should have seen the goal umpire get knocked over and gone, \u2018We have a fail safe!\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cTechnology in sport is an ass, and it has been proven over, and over, and over.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe fumble around, let\u2019s put this rule in, no let\u2019s take that rule out.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many more examples do we need to say it doesn\u2019t work?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t correct the howler, the humans bugger it up, the technology\u2019s no good.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust leave it, get rid of it, it doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will never work It will never correct the howler.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole system doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Geelong, currently fourth on the AFL standings, will next face the Adelaide Crows at Adelaide Oval on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Footy commentator Gerard Whateley has launched into an all-time score review rant after Geelong forward Ollie Dempsey was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-703399","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\/703399","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=703399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}