SANFL head count saga
THE SANFL club defeated in a preliminary final by a team with an extra player has officially protested to league hierarchy.
The Woodville-West Torrens Eagles lost Sunday’s preliminary final to North Adelaide by five points. But North had an extra player on the field for about four minutes of the last quarter, a span in which they kicked 1.2.
Eagles officials complained to a reserve umpire and interchange stewards about North’s extra player, a breach that could be penalised by wiping their entire score.
But under SANFL rules, only a captain or acting captain can ask an on-field umpire for a head count of players to officially determine a breach.