Looking back at the AFL's most unsavoury moments - Sunday Footy Show | Footy on Nine

Matthew Lloyd and the Sunday Footy Show team take a look at the AFL's most unsavoury moments.
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[@Marcelo-hf5xl]

The Chris Scott and Mal Michael on Nick Riewoldt was definitely the most dog, how they got only 2 weeks baffles me.

[@jayz3616]

Absolute flogs

[@ad_2211]

That’s what you get when you try’n punch above your league.

[@jddamc5275]

Makes it worse that riewoldt was trying so hard to avoid it, tough to watch.

[@flippineck6121]

can't stand the Scott twins

[@adamperre4852]

Scott a Mal Michal are dogs going after an injured player would love to see it happen to one of them

[@sebfragomeni6082]

Fev Brownlow was the funniest thing in afl vfl history

[@billbaggins1688]

It was tragic. Channel Nine hung him out to dry. Fev should have sued whoever was producing the television show that night. I know that might not make any sense to you though.

[@lokirawlins5778]

@@billbaggins1688 why so? My understanding is Fev had a few to many, cameras are everywhere and his a role model as one of the true stars at the time

[@klokar21]

One of the worst has to be Steven Baker on Steve Johnson, targeting Johnsons already injured hand and breaking it resulting in one of the largest suspensions ever and rightfully earned

[@philhogan5623]

You forgot the time the entire Melbourne team queued up and had a shot at Nick Reivolt's dodgy shoulder before the match even started.

[@tropic2860]

That was the most dog

[@sam-mcginn]

@J G honestly go away

[@eljay2403]

What year was this? I don’t remember this

[@thevomit5851]

@J G Soccer is for bundles of sticks.

[@kirboturbo6932]

Wayne Carey, everything about him is the most unsavoury

[@lunch2102]

Careful, your jealousy is hanging out

[@kirboturbo6932]

@@lunch2102 man you set the bar reeeaal low for people you envy, are you also jealous of Danny Devitos height?

[@lunch2102]

@@kirboturbo6932 did you just compare the GOAT to the guy that played Oswald Cobblepot in Batman Returns? Sorry mate, I didn't realise you were a special needs person.

[@bigcat101]

@@lunch2102 didn’t he cheat with a team mates misses

[@lunch2102]

@@bigcat101 and? Like he's the only person to ever do it.

[@firecrakka]

The irony of "The Velvet Hammer" running this segment.

[@bromeotorres6964]

The Velvet Sledgehammer

[@itstimm]

Everyone seems to forget when Murphy was running off with a dislocated shoulder and Montagna the grub ran up and bumped it

[@realcrunchy6572]

Because there was nothing in it , probably why

[@matterickson1846]

If you can't win a flag, you may as well be a c**t.

[@osvnisaneek8254]

jesus tim grow a pair

[@simont1299]

That was vicious from Cavan. A head butt right on the point of the elbow.

[@126Swanky]

Bingo, he should have been rubbed out. Poor Tony Locket had to rest for 8 weeks to let his elbow heal!

[@nitrobreed]

Good old 12th man 😂

[@leighwintershoven971]

A couple of other ones which could've been added - Buckley smearing his blood on Ling's jumper, and Dean Solomon's elbow on Ling in 2008.

[@nickchilcott3998]

Steve Johnson vs Steve baker was also bad

[@capta1nnark546]

Wiping blood on a players jumper is nothing compared to these

[@JonMann87]

missed Gaff's disgraceful punch to Andy Brayshaw's jaw

[@frankmat]

Probably because it wasn't deliberate. It was a jumper punch and Andrew Glassjaw bent down and ended up copping it on the chin.

[@marcuslightbody6933]

@@frankmat umm what Have you ever seen a jumper punch before?? It was a clean left hook Not much different from the Barry hall hit

[@lewiscook1829]

Bradshaw deserved it.

[@lewiscook1829]

Brayshaw

[@frankmat]

@@marcuslightbody6933 He went to punch him in the chest and Brayshaw ducked and copped it in the chin instead. Go back and look at the video a split second before Gaff hit him. If Brayshaw had stood up straight he would have got it in the chest.

[@marcuslightbody6933]

Gee just gonna skip over Lloyds hit on Brad Sewell?? Would have loved to see them bring up the Sam Mitchell jabbing sledge also hahahaha

[@_woothang3666]

Pity the hit wasn't on Mitchell. I would've laughed my arse off.

[@quacker7581]

2:00 no one is talking about this umpires legendary haircut

[@ALEXLAD94]

The guy standing up in this video definitely deserves a mention.

[@brendanh8193]

What about Lake choking Petrie?

[@baizboi]

Nothing in it

[@lance4006]

What about petrie eye gouging lake

[@dimetime0]

That might have been the worst one, lake is such a dog

[@007oolala]

Loved that!! Lake legend

[@milesdavis5326]

Fevs an absolute legend

[@kenchristie9214]

What a coincidence Hall got 7 weeks for that hit on Staker. Hall injured his wrist in that game and doctors said he would be sidelined for 7 weeks. Hall, a registered boxer, and repeat offender on the field was always given preferential treatment by the tribunal.

[@kezp8114]

I thought he should have been given a whole season off... Miles off the ball, brain fade, king hit, could have dealt permanent damage, never learnt his lesson

[@kenchristie9214]

@@kezp8114 You need a brain to have a brain fade.

[@frankmat]

Anyone at Sydney is given preferential treatment.

[@kenchristie9214]

@Dingo Jones There's nothing tough about coward punching an opponent.

[@n.w.owhoknowstheshadowknow58]

@Dingo Jones what you on about? You think Barry going to fight Joe blow over KZbin comments lol.

[@charlesbawden5924]

Danny Southern’s headlock nearly killed Suma. Absolute dog act.

[@lermberl]

Don't worry he's since found Islam

[@jimmybill1963]

All he had to do was tap out and the ump would have stopped it.

[@TheArsenalMan125]

@@jimmybill1963 Not if Herb Dean was there

[@jimmybill1963]

@@TheArsenalMan125 haha true

[@desiolle2874]

Same with Lockett on Flood...grub

[@XtotheK]

A Little surprised that between the lot of them that no one could remember that it was Michael Rischitelli getting the treatment pressure point treatment from Judd.

[@andrewthiesz9079]

Little Nicky = Soft as Butter = Biggest Sook in footy ever = Embarrassment to his team mates

[@albert3535ify]

Lynch 2004, 10 week's for not landing a punch Hall 2007, 7 weeks for landing sucker punch 🤣

[@Millsy383]

Lynch was doing that all day, so it wasn't just a suspension for one or two hits, he threw about 50 punches across the length of the game.

[@SuperRoo_22]

Danny Southern could of put Suma asleep for good. 😳💀

[@mindyanosechamp2933]

Bit unfair to call out roos bump when you’ve got legitimate grubs in the AFL

[@hades0572]

Im no Cows fan nor a fan of Roo for that matter (Cant stand the droning knobrider) but that hit was legit in it's day and wasn't in the slightest "unsavoury" Carn the pear

[@williams6334]

How's Lloyd going on about how shocking it was seeing Hall do what he did in 2008 (it was horrific) while the following year he cleans up Brad Sewell which would then be his last game. Dog act.

[@michealriseley6261]

That bump on Sewell was the best hit of the modern era

[@Millsy383]

The difference is that bump on Sewell was the only thing close to a cheap shot Lloyd ever gave out in his career. And he did it because he was desperate for Essendon to win.

[@TheChemistGaming]

One was going the ball or at the very least ball was there and one was a coward punch behind play....

[@michealriseley6261]

@@TheChemistGaming technically no, a coward punch is one you don't see coming, often from behind, the Hall punch was in front, in view, and wouldn't have been as bad as it was if he hadn't been a trained boxer

[@TheChemistGaming]

@@michealriseley6261 A coward punch or sucker punch is a punch made without warning while the target is distracted and/or not expecting it. Infornt/behind is irrelevant. Hall surprised his opponent with a spinning left hook while he was watching the ball, coward punch KO and honestly surprised they let him play ever again. Yeah it'd be less bad if it wasn't from a train boxer but that totally irrelevant. Hall is a trained boxer.

[@chrisc3797]

Please do one that is the opposite of this, showing the more honourable acts, I remember David Hille from Essendon one year checked and stayed with an opposition player to make sure he was alright. A few good ones this year, Dane Rampe checking on Kamdyn McIntosh, Essendon players getting around Josh Bruce.

[@klokar21]

Selwood and Dyson, the two captains of geelong and essendon chairing off james kelly, first time two teams got together to chair a man of

[@tcbgarage2845]

That was Jamie Charman after he dislocated his shoulder. A true sportsman's act.

[@Cliffy1616]

@chrisc3797 Wasn’t necessarily honourable but a good sportsmanship moment. Michael Hurley’s last game. He’d been out so long due to a severe hip infection which lead to hip replacement surgery. But had worked his ass off and managed to get back for 1 last game against Richmond at the end of 2022. Despite the bombers being completely beaten and unable to send him off with a win. They did manage to get him a shot at goal in the last 2 minutes where he’d kick his last AFL goal. And once all the Bombers boys had finished getting around him and celebrating. The Richmond players also went over and congratulated him, seeing the Richmond lads go and get around him like that was just a great moment.

[@mebeasensei]

Stevie Baker and Stevie J! ? Surprised they didn’t show that.

[@Americanpartybomb101]

Yeah, that was bizarre

[@robhadden91]

What about when Lloyd lined up Brad Sewell with the cast on his forearm

[@Dr_Footbrake]

Well that never happened so that’s probably part of the reason it wasn’t included

[@StuTheDon17]

Suma swallowed his mouth guard too. He was lucky to survive that.

[@athlonen]

Since it was modern era, you'd have thought that Stratton would have copped weeks for nudging, let alone touching Razor Ray after those pinches, but didn't get anything for contact with an umpire.

[@supercededman]

Rod Grinter smashing Terry Wallace's jaw, and Clarkson's dog act kinghit in London exhibition match

[@billbaggins1688]

That whole match was a blight.

[@aidanthomas2510]

Yeah that never got talked about once he became a coach

[@worker-wf2em]

If Lockett played these days he wouldn’t have got to have 800 goals given the number of games he would’ve missed through suspension

[@Somchai007]

He might kick more because he would be more footy focused.

[@joshuasadler9243]

Baseless comment. You'll never know. Probably would of been given 100 free kicks Infront of goal a year for all you know.

[@yourmindisyours1731]

Probably wouldnt get a game due to lack of fitness

[@realaussiemale567]

@@yourmindisyours1731Have you seen how he looks now? He’s less that 80kg now, as opposed to 120kg during his football years.

[@realaussiemale567]

Oddly enough, cement head Craig Kelly went thru a pinching phase in the 90’s, the only full forward he didn’t pinch was Tony Lockett. No one messed with Lockett!

[@hinksyt2907]

Darren Millburns hit on Stephen Salvagni was huge

[@DrBez]

Yep. I remembered watching this live on tv. Milburn clapped to the crowd and I thought, not a good look. He brought the game into disrepute and got suspended for a few weeks from memory.

[@toneloc9084]

@@DrBez pretty sure he had to have a police escort out of there. The Carlton fans were going to kill him

[@hinksyt2907]

They wanted him dead. And the worst place to do it also - Optus Oval where silvagni was worshipped.

[@rowanwells9664]

Watched that one live absolute shocker

[@kelvinator3037]

Back to school budz

[@BigOleKrum69]

lloydy didnt wanna show us the footage of him sniping brad sewell

[@Yumm...]

Im not even a big lloyd fan but that was no sniper hit. Campbell Brown acted like it was on purpose, that dude was actually dirty

[@OhElvira]

Yumm passing out in midair was on purpose? You’re deluded

[@someguy1613]

What about Baker constantly hitting Stevie J's injured hand?

[@joelkeane3160]

Where was Brett Heady’s attempt to shepard for Dean Kemp??? He just stood there and let the Big Roo collect him. Very poor.

[@scottconnelly274]

Holier than thou moment Lloyd? Wonder if you forgot a #12 who you may of sniped from the Hawks?

[@lunch2102]

All ex players get on their high horse about player conduct, Dermott is the worst..

[@_woothang3666]

@@lunch2102 And supporters lol

[@lunch2102]

@@_woothang3666 your reply is completely irrelevant, thanks for nothing

[@_woothang3666]

@@lunch2102 Oops sorry replied to the wrong thing.

[@andrewherbert8125]

What about Chris 'Chicken Wing' Judd, I never looked at him the same after that incident

[@Hello-qd3uy]

same

[@caiebschillgaming-dofus4113]

Couldn't agree more. Lost his "champion" status for me after that. Just a dog act and got what he deserved.

[@someguy1613]

This is exactly why I like Fev! Fev roasted him for it

[@lokirawlins5778]

@@someguy1613 no Fevs thing was about the pressure point, Judds chicken wing happened after fev left Carlton

[@AussieOutlaw]

A TOTAL SOOK, CONSENSUS Said at the time if you are hurt or that Injured get off the Ground, this Guy decided to be a SOOK

[@basedchad926]

2022 - player puts his arms out after the umpire makes a wrong call...

[@jarradbaker8200]

Notice none of Lloyds sniper hits got shown? Bit rich of him highlighting dog acts when he was one of the biggest grubs going around

[@yommmrr]

Shut it mormont

[@jarradbaker8200]

@@yommmrr oh sorry, you his boyfriend?

[@thomasdupree4529]

Lloydys big bumps are not on the same level as biting and injury targeting

[@marcuslightbody6933]

@@thomasdupree4529 ok so his snipe on Brad Sewell definitely wasn't premeditated?? 🤡

[@osvnisaneek8254]

@@marcuslightbody6933 who cares it’s hawthorn the grubbiest team in the league since they were established

[@jamesfontana9675]

I remember my pop telling me a story, he didn’t remember the player but he said it was a Collingwood v essendon game in the 70’s the players were lining up and just before the bounce one of the bombers king hit a pies player and he was out cold, not a great story but makes me laugh how different the game was back then

[@HoratioFitzbastard]

He'd be talking about 1965, Duncan Wright on John Somerville.

[@craigrobinson4953]

OMG. As a kid, I remember an incident on Alan Stoneham at Essendon of 1983. I felt sorry for him.

[@aja63133]

To be fair to Brad Scott in that particular incident, he wasnt even playing (they mentioned the "Scott brothers") being involved.

[@danwillreview]

A $10,000 fine for attempted murder? Should've terminated his contract right there and then

[@dannyj2571]

Solomon's hit on Ling was dirty too. I think her copped 8 weeks

[@Josh_JKL]

I'm disappointed that they didn't mention Tony Liberatore's eye gouge on I think Paul Kelly from Sydney

[@leftfield5914]

Knights he was covered in blood

[@Magpie_Mark92]

Wheres the Hawthorn vs Essendon fight 2004?

[@jarradbaker8200]

Lloyd was involved in it so of course it didn’t get shown

[@johnnievanduin390]

You should know all about dirty play Matthew Lloyd

[@lucasshipsides1510]

i reckon Tom Lynch and Toby Greene were sitting through this taking notes

[@danielkneebone4412]

Riewoldt didn’t deserve it with such an injury, but I saw him a few years later do exactly the same thing against a young GWS player at Manuka. He can’t cry foul by being so hypocritical.

[@realaussiemale567]

I’ve sustained severe shoulder injuries thru work accidents, the pain is excruciating.

[@d0uchebaggie]

What about all of Geelong targeting Hodges broken ribs in the 08 grand final?

[@williams6334]

I love Hodge as a Hawthorn supporter, but we can't finger point and defend him for this type of thing when he did probably the most dangerous thing he could possibly do to Wingard in that situation. He was lucky Chad walked away from that one.

[@marcuslightbody6933]

@@williams6334 bit of a random connection to make Don't know how that incident is relevant to 08 lol

[@realcrunchy6572]

I remember Hocking lining up R Harvey all match with injured ribs, R Harvey still got the 3 votes though lol

[@debuthunter5389]

Hodge is a beast though and threw his whole body on the line, so even though he had broken ribs it wasn't like he was nursing them at all.

[@josephyousef4198]

2009 last round what he did to sewell, and his last game

[@impalabarn5838]

The velvet sledgehammer!

[@jacobdavies1196]

Classic Lloyd doesn't mention his assault on Brad Sewell...

[@martinpowley6016]

Dean Kemps soul could be seen leaving his body as Roo hit him 😅

[@michaelpettitt2296]

Does Cornes head look big for his body? Thought it was a bobble head!

[@thomashudson6347]

Think you forgot Lloyd on Sewell??

[@Angrylittleboys]

Cant remember what granny but maybe 2014 luke hodge with broken ribs being tested out before the first bounce. As tough a player as there has ever been.

[@Dr_Footbrake]

2008

[@ex0ja]

Viney put his fingers in Chris Lewis's mouth, don't blame him for biting them

[@123Cotch123]

Lloyd's hit on Sewell...?

[@jacobcuntington2540]

Bring back the biff.

[@Dr_Footbrake]

Needs more Peter Filandia (although he may have been out of the AFL at that point).

[@gardz3256]

You could do a whole segment on that dog Lloyd.

[@OldFliersGroup]

The send off rule is long overdue. No substitute to be sent on.

[@josephyousef4198]

He is the biggest sniper he was in the modern era

[@someguy1613]

The fact the you believe this is actually quite alarming

[@josephyousef4198]

@@someguy1613 he even admitted go watch the highlights

[@someguy1613]

Yeah nah. For the sake of argument, when would you argue the 'modern era' started?

[@adammckenzie8769]

Mark Rucciuto bump was absolutely perfect and within the rules he bumped instead of tackled rules should still be that!!!

[@debuthunter5389]

It was a shoulder straight through the head. Far view looks good, but that close-up one he clocks him square through the jaw.

[@SuperDecdog]

It shouldn’t hahah

[@jcollishaw]

You want unsavoury. Listen to Steve Baker on Triple M a couple of weeks back

[@brodiebennett2204]

Dermott standing on the head of Rayden Tallis doesn’t get a mention?

[@xLAMCHOPPED]

There needs to be more of this during the match

[@shinjuku96jackson4]

Yup alot more it gives the game more character and higher stakes

[@kooringagnd]

Chris Judd made sure Fevola had loads to drink. There is plenty of footage at nine showing Judd encouraging Fevola to keep drinking. Judd should have had his contract ripped up getting a known alcoholic. Judd and the liquor licence holder should have been fined many thousands of dollars for breaching the liquor licensing act. Which was pointed out by lawyers at the time. Being the AFL nothing was really done. Fevola was set up by Judd.

[@rockyroadblues100]

Its amazing how some of the players dont end up in wheel chairs

[@darrenmiles-morland8038]

What about Leigh Matthews' dog act on Neville Bruns in 1985? Or is he worshipped too highly on this show to highlight his thuggery?

[@kezp8114]

Probably that yeah

[@SuperDecdog]

Still hasn’t apologised either

[@wilson2455]

West Coast coached by M. Malthouse = cocaine, amphetamines, steroids, police protection, etc., etc Also, Brad Scott had every right to flatten B. Johnson

[@RedFrog_191]

What about Toby green fly kick

[@tooxtalivai0690]

Where was that Barry Hall when he faced SBW?

[@moistie]

Jesus, they put Stratton up for pinching but don't show Lloyd laying out Sewell in his last game?

[@notsosweaty3128]

Where was targeting Stevey j’s hand?

[@chriscoomber2035]

Caven got his face caven in

[@hades0572]

Hur hur hur I bet you're the first one to come up with that one mate.

[@OhElvira]

They forgot the that Roos player that elbowed Piccione in the head off play which fractured his jaw.

[@Dr_Footbrake]

Jess Sinclair iirc

[@cakesandpi]

Barry Hall wins the dog award.

[@joshuasadler9243]

Should be a Caroline Wilson highlights reel

[@darrenbaker6019]

Chris Lewis also spat on Ray Jenke’s jumper during 91 Grand Final, clearly visible in replay. Low act

[@zekejones2249]

Why did he do that Darren?

[@leftfield5914]

@@zekejones2249 he done it for no reason at all Just a random act of spitting As you do of course

[@zekejones2249]

@@leftfield5914 Yeah right.

[@darrenbaker6019]

@Luke B also a low act (not that I could hear it on the replay). I just find spitting on someone as a filthy low act

[@darrenbaker6019]

@@zekejones2249 I’m not sure Zeke, give me your list of reasons that justify spitting on someone. Please enlighten me

[@Borgy17]

Wonder why they didnt put Lloyds sniper shot on brad sewell

[@hollywood_33]

Sniper Lloyd

[@dennym6270]

Chris Judd a great player obviously but consistently comes across as one of the worst blokes to ever play the game. Absolute grub of a character

[@leftfield5914]

Remember him on TV next to that little girl with cancer and he starts sprouting his conspiracy theory that deodorants cause lymphoma LMFAO what a lunatic and how inappropriate

[@leftfield5914]

@Patrick O'Connor that was harmless fun And nothing anyone hasn’t done before The league is sponsored by Caron draught And complains when it backfires

[@thevomit5851]

@@leftfield5914 Legit? Is there any footage of that?

[@grant575mixmaster]

'made us laugh after the event, but weren't that good at the time" yeah cause time makes all dirty players clean again

[@brendanscully5787]

What about Llord taking out Sewell at the MCG...then Brown telling Lloyd he will see him later....

[@nathrogers7]

Dean Wallis on Brad Green and Michael Long on Troy Simmonds in the 2000 grand final were the most dog acts I've seen.

[@stefbrooks1]

If Toby Greene did that too the umpire what Ben Stratton did he would of got 8 weeks

[@adam872]

There are some bloody ordinary incidents here. The head shots being the worst of them.

[@liamszaraz]

no baker on johnson?

[@bt00041]

WHY DID VINEY HAVE HIS FINGERS IN HIS FACE FOR??

[@ethelmorales2934]

What about Matthews king hit behind play on Bruns, the greatest dog act of all time.

[@kenchristie9214]

The was Matthews elbow on Barry Cable in the 1971 state game. Cable was in the process of bending down to pick up the ball. The slo mo showed Matthews eyes focused on Cable and his elbow pointing right at the cheek area. Cable propped to avoid contact and Matthews made sure the elbow hit the head. He had taken two steps past the ball when contact was made. How the "experts" judged Matthews was the player of the century is totally beyond me. That honour should of gone to Haydn Bunton Senior who won three Brownlow medals with Fitzroy and three Sandover medals when he captain-coached W.A. team Subiaco.

[@cigano1984]

The targeting injuries is bad.

[@laurencetilley9194]

Is this where the terms 'coward punch' and 'dog act' originated!!

[@aussie7137]

Was Stratton allowed to bump the umpire like that? Cause green did it by accident and missed the final didn't he?

[@shanebrady6986]

Toby green should be all over this.

[@SteveRadich1928]

"BRING BACK THE BIFF"

[@Swiftielover3103]

How was Andrew gaffs hit on brayshaw not on this list

[@donalddrumpf3103]

How on earth did they miss Lloyd's attempt to turn Brad Sewel into a quadraplegic? Far more disgraceful than most of these - a total dog act.

[@rossfranklin2782]

The velvet sledgehammer!! 💪

[@osvnisaneek8254]

nothing wrong with it