St Kilda v Fremantle (2006 AFL season)
| 2006 AFL Premiership Season | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 30 April 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Aurora Stadium | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 15,282 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Vozzo, Kennedy, Nicholls | |||||||||||||||
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| Network | Nine Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Dennis Cometti, Dwayne Russell, Michael Roberts, Dermott Brereton | |||||||||||||||
In round 5, 2006, an Australian Football League home-and-away match was played between St Kilda and Fremantle at Aurora Stadium in Launceston, Tasmania on 30 April 2006.
The match, colloquially known as Sirengate ended in controversy: when the final siren sounded, Fremantle was leading by one point; however, the umpires did not hear the siren, and play continued for around 10 seconds, during which time St Kilda scored a point to tie the match. Four days later, the AFL Commission determined that the match should have been ended when the first siren sounded and St Kilda was stripped of its last behind, resulting in the victory and the full four premiership points being awarded to Fremantle.
It was only the second time in VFL/AFL history that the score and result of a game was changed on protest.