Kick less goals, win. AFL logic.

Who was the Hawks player(s) that nearly gave Adelaide the match in the 4th? Gave away a free-kick after they'd won one fifty out from there own goal.

Who was the Hawks player(s) that nearly gave Adelaide the match in the 4th? Gave away a free-kick after they'd won one fifty out from there own goal.

Tex Walker has cool nerves, kicked some big goals this arvo, I've been really impressed by him this season.

Pretty sure it was Schoenmakers. Was such a stupid thing to do, especially considering he would of thought at that stage they were about to get a 50metre penalty

Now that, that was a prelim final. If the grand final is anything like this game we are in for a treat.

Umpire Paul Fitzgerald bashed during A-Grade footy grand final at Port Pirie

by:
Bryan Littlely, Daniel Wills From:
The Advertiser September 23, 2012
10:00PM

A VETERAN football umpire says he is lucky to be alive after he was bashed and seriously injured in front of thousands of spectators during an A-Grade grand final at the weekend.
The attack has renewed calls from authorities for people to consider the potentially deadly consequences of even a single punch.

Paul Fitzgerald, 56, suffered a fractured eye socket and nose, and bleeding in his eye, when he was punched once in the head at Port Pirie on Saturday.
The incident, allegedly involving a spectator, occurred during the three-quarter-time break as he umpired the Spencer Gulf Football League grand final, between Solomontown and South Augusta.
"I've never seen an umpire get hit before," Mr Fitzgerald told The Advertiser yesterday.

Paul Fitzgerald was allegedly assaulted while umpiring the A-Grade grand final at Port Pirie. Picture: Brooke Whatnall

"It happened so quickly. The officials asked him to go away as he approached and then it just happened."
"He just said: 'Are you Fitzy?"' Mr Fitzgerald said. "I said 'yeah mate' and he hit me."
Threats have been made against Spencer Gulf Football League umpires on social media sites in recent weeks.
Mr Fitzgerald's son, Josh - who is also an umpire - reported a Solomontown player during a match two weeks ago.

.Mr Fitzgerald, who has umpired about 600 games in a career spanning more than 25 years, said yesterday he was still in pain and would consult a plastic surgeon about his injuries today.
"There's no doubt it could have been worse," Mr Fitzgerald said.
"Twelve months ago I had a four-way (heart) by-pass ... what's to say it couldn't have set that off. You look at what happened with that guy at the Gawler hotel who died from a punch or young Sam Davis. That's what this was, one punch that could have been as deadly."

South Adelaide junior footballer Sam Davis died after being hit at a party in 2008.
Such incidents have led to News Limited's Real Heroes Walk Away campaign to end violence on our streets and in our pubs and clubs.
A police spokesman yesterday confirmed a man had been arrested over the attack on Mr Fitzgerald.
"Police arrested a 35-year-old man from Port Pirie (on Saturday) and have charged him with assault cause harm after he allegedly punched an umpire at a football match in Port Pirie," he said.

He will face Port Pirie Magistrates Court in late October. The spokesman would not say whether alcohol was believed to be a factor.
In another violent incident on Saturday, a Bordertown man suffered serious head injuries in a fight.
The 25-year-old was flown to Flinders Medical Centre after the altercation in Binnie St about 11.40pm.
Another man, also 25, from Bordertown, was charged with assault causing serious harm. He will appear in the Bordertown Magistrates Court on October 26.
Commissioner of Victims' Rights Michael O'Connell said unruly behaviour in sport was a menace to decent spectators' enjoyment and wanton violence was not sport but a crime.
"Real heroes stay cool in the heat of the moment," he said. "I condemn such violence, which can result in horrific injuries or tragically deaths.
"One punch is all it takes to cause serious harm, even kill someone."
Mr Fitzgerald's alleged attacker has no official ties to either Solomontown or South Augusta football clubs.
He was wrestled to the ground by Mr Fitzgerald's son, Josh, and an off-duty police officer who were also umpiring the game. He reportedly suffered a broken collarbone in the struggle.
Mr Fitzgerald was unable to umpire the last term of the game, which was won by South Augusta.
He was treated at the ground by medical staff and after being awarded a medal for officiating in the game, was taken to Port Pirie Hospital for treatment.
Mr Fitzgerald, a Metropolitan Fire Service station officer, said he was unlikely to continue umpiring and thinks the league will lose more umpires as a result.
Sport Minister Tom Kenyon said attacks must be condemned, while opposition sport spokesman Dan van Holst Pellekaan wants the incident fully investigated.
"Violence on the sporting field of any type is reprehensible," Mr Kenyon said. "An attack on an umpire is completely unacceptable."
Mr van Holst Pellekaan said he had received a detailed first-hand report of the alleged attack.
"This is not a reflection of football in the Upper Spencer Gulf," he said. "If it is proven that the incident was as dramatic and cowardly as it appears then I hope that the full force of any penalty possible is applied."


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You know you're a shit footballer when you're compared to Cloke and come off looking like the bigger spud.

I know Cloke cops a lot of shit and he's not worth what we're paying him, but there really are few key forwards I'd take over him, Franklin is perhaps the only one and even then he's not that much better in terms of kicking accuracy but he is a mercurial player.

I am watching the fox coverage, Paul Roos just called it "the biggest day in world sport".

I am watching the fox coverage, Paul Roos just called it "the biggest day in world sport".