Bell Post Hill has queried the final score from Saturday’s loss to the Belmont Lions, claiming that a goal it kicked in the second quarter of the clash at Winter Reserve was incorrectly credited to the home team.
The final score on the day showed the Lions defeating the Panthers, 19.7 (121) to 18.12 (120).
However, after the GDFNL’s statistics provider Premier Data coded the match, it showed the scoreline to be 18.11 (119) to 18.7 (115).
The score in question is a goal kicked by Panthers’ milestone man Caleb Bacely at the 13-minute mark of the second quarter.
Bell Post Hill believes the goal was credited to the Lions before being added to the Panthers’ score.
However, they claim it wasn’t removed from the Lions’ tally.
K rock Football understands that the GDFNL is investigating.
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— Kingy (@tom_king79) July 27, 2025
This is the score returned following Premier Data’s coding of the Belmont Lions-Bell Post Hill game
On the left PlayHQ – on the right Premier Data pic.twitter.com/pLB3WZnRgF
If the result were changed, the Panthers would return to fifth spot, a game clear of Inverleigh.
While the Lions’ two-game gap on top of the ladder would again be one, with four rounds to play.
It is the second time in just under 12 months that the score at a local match has been queried.
A Bellarine clash between Queenscliff and Barwon Heads came under the microscope when a goal was incorrectly added to the Seagulls’ score instead of a behind in a match they won by four points.
Despite AFL Barwon admitting an error, the result wasn’t changed.
“The score will stand, noting that scoreboard integrity is incredibly important when it comes to how any fixture of football and netball in our region transpires,” the Region General Manager Ed Wilson said at the time.
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