The score review system will again be a major talking point this week after what looked to be a crucial error late in Essendon's win over GWS.
After being down by 19 points midway through the final quarter, the Bombers stormed back to claim a one-goal, pressure-relieving win.
Though with two minutes to on the clock and still down by a straight kick, Shaun McKernan set sail for home from the arc and the ball going through the big sticks to level it up.
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GWS defender Adam Kennedy was pleading with the umpires to check for a touch off the boot however.
And he might have had a case, with replays appearing to show Kennedy's finger bending back as the ball travelled past his hand.
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It wasn't set upstairs and the ball was bounced shortly after.
With scores locked up, Cale Hooker, who had been swung forward with Tom Bellchambers down thanks to a calf injury, bobbed up to be the hero, getting on the end of a Conor McKenna tumble punt to kick the match-winner.
But it was to be the missed touched call that would dominate the conversation post match.
Fox Footy pundit Jonathan Brown summed up the mood following a season marred by score review controversy.
"This is the biggest embarrassment in our game since Meat Loaf sang the pre-game at the grand final," Brown said.
