{"id":73363,"date":"2025-08-16T19:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73363\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T19:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:21:17","slug":"afl-greats-in-disbelief-by-missed-free-kick-in-adelaides-thrilling-win-over-collingwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73363\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL greats in disbelief by missed free kick in Adelaide\u2019s thrilling win over Collingwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adelaide<\/a> have sealed a top-two spot after a pulsating three-point win over Collingwood<\/a> that was marred by a number of controversial moments.<\/p>\n

Riley Thilthorpe was the hero with a clutch goal late before the Crows held firm after Nick Daicos reduced the margin to less than a kick.<\/p>\n

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But there was a moment with just a minute remaining that left fans and commentators scratching their heads.<\/p>\n

After the ball went out for a throw in, Thilthorpe kicked it away from the boundary umpire.<\/p>\n

Under the rules, that\u2019s a clear act of time wasting that should have been a free kick to Collingwood.<\/p>\n

\"RileyRiley Thilthorpe got away with time wasting against Collingwood. Credit: Channel 7<\/p>\n

It would have given the Magpies a free kick on centre wing with just over a minute remaining.<\/p>\n

As it happened, they won a holding the ball free kick moments later to have one final chance, but the Crows successfully repelled to hold on.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how all the umpires missed this, this is time wasting … he is looking at and he toes it off the ground. That is not by accident. There are umpires all around him and they don\u2019t pay it,\u201d Jason Dunstall said in commentary.<\/p>\n

Garry Lyon added: \u201cI think it\u2019s the non-free of the year. Now whether he is trying to kick it up to himself or not that\u2019s irrelevant. If you kick the ball away at a critical time in the match … you just have to say the umpire … I won\u2019t say, he didn\u2019t blow the whistle.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Crows managed to win the game despite having a staggering 34 less inside 50s than Collingwood.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the more extraordinary games that we\u2019ve been at. You\u2019re gonna look at the stats sheet and it just doesn\u2019t make sense,\u201d Lyon said.<\/p>\n

Dunstall added: \u201cI cannot fathom that you get beaten in the inside 50s 71 to 37 and find a way to win the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t the only missed call of the night with Ben Keays getting away with a clear throw in the third quarter that ended in a pivotal goal to Isaac Cumming.<\/p>\n

The win puts Adelaide six points clear of second-placed Brisbane and they will seal the minor premiership if Geelong loses to Sydney on Sunday or if they beat North Melbourne next week.<\/p>\n

Collingwood remain in fourth place with their double chance hopes resting on their final game of the season against Melbourne.<\/p>\n

The Crows trailed by 25 points at quarter-time but flipped the script to end their 10-match losing streak to the Pies.<\/p>\n

With victory before a sold-out crowd of 54,283 – the second-largest attendance at an AFL game at the oval – Adelaide equalled their club-best returns of 17 wins and five losses in 2005 and 2012 – a win over the Roos will create a new benchmark.<\/p>\n

The Crows were jumped by a fast-starting Collingwood, who produced a first-term blitz to create a 25-point quarter-time lead, 5.3 to 1.2.<\/p>\n

But Adelaide turned the tables in the second term, with ex-captain Taylor Walker kicking two of five unanswered goals for the hosts.<\/p>\n

A late strike from Izak Rankine gave Adelaide a five-point edge at halftime, 6.3 to 5.4.<\/p>\n

The third quarter, amid rain, was tight – neither team managed a goal until Adelaide\u2019s Isaac Cumming scored in the 27th minute that came after Keays\u2019 missed throw.<\/p>\n

But Pie forward Jamie Elliott replied, threading a set shot from an acute angle, to reduce Adelaide\u2019s advantage to two points at three-quarter time, 7.6 to 6.8.<\/p>\n

Another scoring stalemate ensued in a tense finale: a goal-less 17-minute stretch was broken when Crow James Peatling snapped accurately.<\/p>\n

But Magpie Jack Crisp responded six minutes later to reduce the margin to three points.<\/p>\n

Key Crow Thilthorpe then took a superb contested mark and converted. Again the Pies responded, with a long bomb from Nick Daicos leaving the visitors three points down, but Adelaide grimly held on for victory.<\/p>\n

Ex-Crow skipper Walker and Darcy Fogarty kicked two goals each, while defenders Josh Worrell (27 disposals), Mark Keane (23) and captain Jordan Dawson (23) were influential.<\/p>\n

Collingwood\u2019s Nick Daicos was superb with a game-high 29 possessions and a goal.<\/p>\n

Veteran Scott Pendlebury (24 touches) was prominent, especially early, Darcy Cameron (23 disposals) ruled the rucks, and forwards Elliott and Tim Membrey booted two majors apiece.<\/p>\n

– With AAP<\/p>\n

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