Australian Rules Football
Drawn games in the home and away season are recorded as drawn games in the ladder. However, until 1991, Australian football had no structure in place to break a tied finals game. As such, the teams would reconvene the following week to replay their game, pushing back the schedule by one week. This caused controversy in 1990, when a drawn qualifying final between Collingwood and West Coast meant the minor premiers Essendon had a two-weekend bye instead of one. Insisting that the extended layoff had caused their losses to Collingwood, both in the Second Semi-Final and in the Grand Final, the AFL initiated the use of extra time (5 minutes each way) to decide drawn finals, except for the Grand Final; Grand Final Replays are still used for drawn Grand Finals.
In the event that the replay is also drawn, extra time is played rather than playing a second replay.
Read more about this topic: Grand Final Replay
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