A work colleague of mine who is an avid Bulldogs supporter reckons that Brad Johnson's match winning goal from about 45m out was touched by TJ as it left his boot.

I didn't notice it at the time but I have just looked at it in slow-motion on my recording of the game but due to the poor quality of my DVD recorder I can't tell if it was touched.

Until about one second before the ball left Johnson's boot the camera was in close and it was easy to see the ball in his hands and TJ approaching in an effort to block the kick. Unfortunately the director cut to a long-range view just as he kicked it so you would need a high quality recording with a good slow-mo to tell if it was touched. Still, it was a good attempt by TJ to block the kick and if it wasn't touched there must have been only a couple of centimetres in it.

Has anyone else had a look at this?

A work colleague of mine who is an avid Bulldogs supporter reckons that Brad Johnson's match winning goal from about 45m out was touched by TJ as it left his boot.

I didn't notice it at the time but I have just looked at it in slow-motion on my recording of the game but due to the poor quality of my DVD recorder I can't tell if it was touched.

Until about one second before the ball left Johnson's boot the camera was in close and it was easy to see the ball in his hands and TJ approaching in an effort to block the kick. Unfortunately the director cut to a long-range view just as he kicked it so you would need a high quality recording with a good slow-mo to tell if it was touched. Still, it was a good attempt by TJ to block the kick and if it wasn't touched there must have been only a couple of centimetres in it.

Has anyone else had a look at this?

who cares. Ohh dear robbo didnt shepard last year in the adelaide match. Perhaps we could have won a GF if he had. Lets look back 50 years and point out all the mistakes which may have won us games

Doesnt change the result....they would have won by 1 point instead of 6.

It did look close though.

haha...ha, johnstone smother. keep hanging round that bulldog mate, sounds like a funny guy

Doesnt change the result....they would have won by 1 point instead of 6.

True.....Touched or not, the net result stands.

Although given the level of luck we have not had this year it probably was !!!

if this was the case then we would've had a kick in with the scores tied... a draw perhaps?

but as already said, who really cares..?

trapper didnt seem to try and convince the umpire it was touched so i reckon he didnt get there

if travis johnstone had got within 5cm of the ball he would have claimed it was touched, and argued his case until the cows come home

if travis johnstone had got within 5cm of the ball he would have claimed it was touched, and argued his case until the cows come home

Trapper arguing with an umpire....god no

I was sitting behind the goals with the Bulldogs cheer squad (dont ask) but am a Melbourne Supporter and I thought it was touched as did Carrol who kept signalling that it was touched. One of Johnson's goals shouldnt have been allowed cos he clearly gave away a free kick but it wasnt paid. Rubbish umpiring