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AFL finals 2015: Hawthorn forward Luke Breust says his foot touched ball in contentious decision
By Larissa Nicholson
Luke Breust said his foot made contact with the ball in the second quarter on Friday night, undermining a decision made by video review.
The Hawthorn forward was one of four players scrambling for the ball in front of the Hawks' goal just before halftime in their win over Adelaide.
Luke Breust thought he had a goal.Credit: AFL Media/Getty Images
When Breust grabbed the ball, swung his foot towards it and got it over the line, the goal umpire paid a goal.
But it went to video review and the umpire's decision was overruled, when it was deemed Breust's foot did not touch the Sherrin.
Breust told SEN on Saturday morning that if football used a snickometer to record soundwaves, like in cricket, he would have been paid the goal.
"I certainly felt a nick from my foot on the edge of ball," he said.
It was one of several controversial umpiring decisions that night- not that they mattered all that much.
Hawthorn trounced the Crows by more 70 points at the MCG and Breust kicked six goals straight.
The 24-year-old echoed coach Alastair Clarkson in saying the Hawks' recent games at Domain Stadium in Perth would help them when they travelled to play Fremantle in WA next weekend.
Hawthorn lost to West Coast in Perth last week and beat them at the same ground in round 19.
Breust said the ground was significantly narrower than the MCG so the experience playing in the different conditions would be valuable.