Kicks after the siren in Australian rules football

In Australian rules football, if a player takes a mark or is awarded a free kick shortly before the siren sounds to end a quarter, the player is allowed to take the kick after the siren. Often, the result of this kick is of little consequence, but if the player is within range of goal, any score will count towards the final result.

Below is a list of occasions where game results have been decided by set shots taken after the final siren. These are highly memorable and often go down in football folklore.

1 VFL/AFL
2 Other leagues
3 Miscellaneous
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References

VFL/AFL

Goal to win

	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Details
1	Billy Schmidt	St Kilda	Carlton	1913	70–69	^[1]
2	Jimmy Gordon	Essendon	University	1913	62–60	^[2]
3	Bert Smedley	St Kilda	Melbourne	1928	82–81	^[3]
4	Doug Strang	Richmond	Carlton	1932	91–86	^[4]
5	Bill Wood	Footscray	Richmond	1946	99–93
6	John Peck	Hawthorn	Collingwood	1960	58–57	^[5]
7	Bill Ryan	Geelong	Collingwood	1967	91–90	^[6]
8	Doug Wade		Collingwood	1973	76–71
9	Malcolm Blight		Carlton	1976	81–76	^[7]
10	Alan Stoneham	Footscray	Fitzroy	1976	35–34
11	Robert Elliott	St Kilda		1978	124–121
12	John Roberts	South Melbourne	Geelong	1980	88–85	^[8]
13	Paul Sarah	Richmond	St Kilda	1981	71–65	^[9]
14	Simon Beasley	Footscray	Collingwood	1984	100–95	^[10]
15	Alastair Clarkson		Melbourne	1987	112–110	^[11]
16	Stephen Kernahan	Carlton		1987	129–125
17	Gary Buckenara	Hawthorn	Melbourne	1987	80–78	^[12]
18	Rod Jameson	Adelaide	Fitzroy	1991	50–47	^[13]
19	Billy Brownless	Geelong	Footscray	1994	106–101	^[14]
20	Gary Ablett, Sr.	Geelong		1994	109–103	^[15]
21	Quenton Leach	Fremantle	Brisbane Lions	1997	98–93	^[16]
22	Peter Burgoyne	Port Adelaide	Carlton	2000	88–83	^[17]
23	Ben Dixon	Hawthorn	Carlton	2001	96–93	^[18]
24	Barry Hall	St Kilda	Hawthorn	2001	89–87	^[19]
25	Daryn Cresswell	Sydney	Kangaroos	2002	103–100	^[20]
26	Jeff Farmer	Fremantle	Melbourne	2002	94–89	^[21]
27	Peter Riccardi	Geelong	Carlton	2002	100–96	^[22]
28	Jared Poulton	Port Adelaide	Sydney	2002	94–92	^[23]
29	Chris Tarrant	Collingwood	Adelaide	2003	114–109	^[24]
30	Barry Hall	Sydney		2005	87–81	^[25]
31	Justin Longmuir	Fremantle	St Kilda	2005	80–75	^[26]
32	Jordan McMahon	Richmond	Melbourne	2009	86–82	^[27]
33	Karmichael Hunt	Gold Coast	Richmond	2012	90–88	^[28]
34	Tom Hawkins	Geelong	Hawthorn	2012	118–116	^[29]
35	Nic Naitanui	West Coast		2013	90–88	^[30]
36	Ashley McGrath		Geelong	2013	103–98	^[31]

Goal to draw

	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Details
1	Alan Ryan	Collingwood	Fitzroy	1935	93–93	^[32]
2	Ron Baggott	Melbourne	Collingwood	1935	79–79	^[33]
3	Stephen MacPherson	Footscray		1987	125–125
4	Ray Windsor	Brisbane Bears	West Coast	1992	92–92	^[34]
5	Ashley Sampi	West Coast	Western Bulldogs	2003	124–124	^[35]
6	Daniel Bradshaw		Essendon	2009	87–87	^[36]

Behind to win

	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Details
1	Harry Hickey	Footscray	Carlton	1944	89–88	^[37]
2	Ken Newland	Geelong	Collingwood	1972	112–111
3	Tony Lockett	Sydney	Essendon	1996	70–69	^[38]
4	Jimmy Bartel	Geelong	Hawthorn	2009	99–98	^[39]

Behind to draw

	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Details
1	Bert Whittington	Geelong	Melbourne	1911	54–54
2	Greg Wells	Carlton	Fitzroy	1982	113–113	^[40]
3	Peter Sumich	West Coast	Collingwood	1990	90–90	^[41]
4	Matthew Lloyd	Essendon	Western Bulldogs	2002	118–118	^[42]
5	Michael Voss		Kangaroos	2003	109–109	^[43]

Missed opportunities

A list of instances where a player had a shot at goal after the siren to win or draw the game but missed, resulting in a loss, or instances where a player has had a kick after the siren with scores level but failed to score.

	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Outcome	Details
1	Gerald Brosnan	Fitzroy	Collingwood	1903	29–31	Behind (hit the goal post)	^[44]
2	Ron Barassi, Sr.	Melbourne	Geelong	1940	151–154	Behind	^[45]
3	Malcolm Blight		Hawthorn	1977	46–47	No score (out on the full)	^[46]
4	Warren Ralph	Carlton	Collingwood	1984	71–76	Behind	^[47]
5	Robert Scott	Geelong	Sydney	1988	111–114	Behind (hit the goal post)	^[48]
6	Simon Beasley	Footscray	Brisbane Bears	1988	71–72	Behind	^[49]
7	Steven Clark	Melbourne	Essendon	1991	80–86	No score (fell short)	^[50]
8	Stephen Kernahan	Carlton	Essendon	1993	132–132	No score (out on the full)	^[51]
9	Chris Mainwaring	West Coast	Carlton	1993	91–92	Behind (hit the goal post)	^[52]
10	Marcus Picken	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide	2001	122-127	No Score (fell short)	^[53]
11	Nick Dal Santo	St Kilda	Sydney	2002	56–56	No score (fell short)	^[54]
12	Matthew Egan	Geelong	Melbourne	2005	99–100	Behind	^[55]
13	Daniel Motlop	Port Adelaide	St Kilda	2006	60–64	Behind	^[56]
14	Brad Johnson	Western Bulldogs		2008	110–113	Behind	^[57]
15	Jack Riewoldt	Richmond	St Kilda	2008	107–110	No score (fell short)	^[58]
16	Brad Johnson	Western Bulldogs	Geelong	2009	114–116	Behind	^[59]
17	Nick Riewoldt	St Kilda	Essendon	2009	108–110	Behind	^[60]
18	Justin Westhoff	Port Adelaide	Gold Coast	2011	101–104	Behind	^[61]
19	Hayden Ballantyne	Fremantle	West Coast	2011	64–65	Behind (hit the goal post)	^[62]
20	Adam Goodes	Sydney	Essendon	2011	99–100	Behind	^[63]
21	Hamish McIntosh		Essendon	2012	102–104	Behind	^[64]

Other leagues

Goal to win

Player	Competition	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Details
Langley	Victorian Football Association	Carlton		1895	2.2 – 1.9	^[65]^[66]
Jim Thoms	South Australian National Football League	West Torrens	North Adelaide	1945	33–32	^[67]
Darrel Baldock	North West Football Union	East Devonport	Devonport	1955	58–55	^[68]
Kerry Good	Night Series	North Melbourne	Collingwood	1980	57–54	^[69]
Mick Cleeland	Picola & District Football League	Waaia	Blighty	1990	114-113	^[70]
Simphiwe Mbhalo	Australian Football International Cup	South Africa	Ireland	2008	33–32	^[71]
Ashley Baker	Ballarat Football League	Ballarat Swans	Darley	2008	85–80	^[72]
Jarrad Grant	Victorian Football League	Williamstown	Coburg	2009	119–116	^[73]
Adam Prior	West Australian Football League	East Perth	Claremont	2012	91–90	^[74]
David Rodan	South Australian National Football League	Norwood	West Adelaide	2012	37–36	^[75]
Haydn Kiel	North East Australian Football League	Southport	Redland	2012	69–66	^[76]
Jack Riewoldt	NAB Cup (AFL pre-season game)	Richmond	Hawthorn	2013	85–84	^[77]

Goal to draw

	Player	Competition	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Details
1	Justin Mcconnell	South Australian National Football League	Glenelg Football Club	Central District Bulldogs	2009	81–81	^[78]
2	Mark Williams	NAB Cup (lightning match)	Essendon	St Kilda	2011	38–38

Behind to win

	Player	Competition	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Details
1	Scarborough	Northern Tasmanian Football Association	North Launceston	Launceston	1901	30–29	Grand Final^[79]
2	Luke Russell	NAB Cup (lightning match)	Gold Coast	Hawthorn	2012	30–29	^[80]

Missed opportunities

	Player	Competition	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Outcome	Details
1	Dave McNamara	Victorian Football Association	Essendon (A.)	Brunswick Football Club	1911	63–65	A goal would have won the premiership for Essendon; the loss forced a Grand Final the following week.	^[81]
2	Justin Plapp	Tasmanian State League	Burnie Dockers	Clarence	2009	100–103	Clarence make 2009 Tasmanian State League grand final.	^[82]
3	Jaye Bowden	Tasmanian State League	Glenorchy	Lauderdale	2010	85–90	Lauderdales first win ever against Glenorchy.	^[83]

Miscellaneous

There have been some cases of a kick after the siren which cannot be properly classified into one of the above tables due to extraordinary circumstances surrounding the outcomes of the games.

	Player	Competition	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Outcome	Details
1	Considine	VFA	North Melbourne	Footscray	1920	51–56 (No result)	No kick	North Melbourne trailed 51–56 in the semi-final, and Considine had a shot after the bell from 30yds out. Fans stormed onto the field, and prevented Considine from taking his kick. The players eventually left the field, the match was declared a no result and a replay was held the next week.^[84]
2	David Collins	Tasmanian State Premiership	North Hobart (TANFL)	Wynyard (NWFU)	1967	91–92 (No result)	No kick	North Hobart trailed 91–92, and Collins had a shot after the siren from 20m out. Home-team Wynyard fans stormed onto the field, and prevented Collins from taking his kick right up until the Wynyard fans had taken down the goalposts, making a set shot impossible. Collins never got to take his kick, the match was declared a no result and the 1967 state premiership was withheld. For more details, see 1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final.
3	Steven Baker	AFL	St Kilda	Fremantle	2006	94–94 amended to 93–94 (Fremantle win)	Behind, but withdrawn on review	In a passage of play that occurred after the siren sounded inaudibly, Baker scored a behind to tie the game, and received an illegal bump. He elected to cancel the behind and take a set-shot, which (with the umpires having now heard the siren) was a true after-the-siren kick. He scored another behind, drawing the scores level 94–94. However, four days later, Fremantle successfully challenged to have the result of the game amended to 94–93, reflecting the scoreline when the siren originally sounded. This decision cancelled Baker's kick. For more details see AFL siren controversy, 2006

Notes

References

The Official statistical history of the AFL (annual publications)

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Kicks after the siren in Australian rules football