Luke Shuey after-the-siren, matchwinning goal the latest in thrilling finals finishes

THERE have been only three AFL finals go to extra-time and now Luke Shuey has added to the list of thrilling September finishes. POST-SIREN HEROES AND VILLAINS

Billy Brownless kicks the winning goal after the siren against Footscray in 1994.

LUKE Shuey isn’t the King of Perth but he now sits alongside some of the game’s greats to win a final after the siren.

Billy Brownless’s 1994 qualifying final winner against Footscray is perhaps the most famous but there have been seven post-siren kicks to decide games in the past 30 years.

It didn’t work out so well for David King in 1994 when his shot fell short and saw North Melbourne draw with Hawthorn. Luckily the Kangaroos got the job done in extra-time. Last year Isaac Smith missed the chance to win the game for the Hawks in the qualifying final against Geelong.

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Adding to the drama, Shuey’s kick came in extra-time — a slice of history in itself — as West Coast edged Port Adelaide in one of the greatest finals in VFL/AFL history.

Since the AFL introduced extra-time for finals in 1991, there have been three games go into overtime.

It started with King’s miss in 1994 then Collingwood and West Coast couldn’t be split at full-time in the 2007 semi-final.

Luke Shuey celebrates his elimination final-winning goal.

Gary Ablett marks just before the siren in the 1994 preliminary final.

Ironically, it was the Magpies and Eagles that forced the league to adopt extra-time.

In 1990 the clubs drew their qualifying final at Waverley and under the rules of the time had to play a replay the week later — forcing the rest of the finals series to be postponed a week.

Up to that point there had been eight finals finish in draws with Collingwood involved in four of them.

That’s not including the 2010 Grand Final between the Magpies and St Kilda, which famously ended in a draw and saw the teams return a week later.

That will be the last Grand Final replay with the AFL now using extra-time to decide the decider as well.

FINALS DECIDED AFTER THE SIREN

Since 1987

1987 Preliminary Final

Gary Buckenara goal, Hawthorn defeat Melbourne by 2 points.

1994 Qualifying Final

David King misses, North Melbourne and Hawthorn draw. North Melbourne won in extra-time.

1994 Qualifying Final

Bill Brownless goal, Geelong defeat Footscray by 5 points.

1994 Preliminary Final

Gary Ablett Snr goal, Geelong defeat Nth Melb by 6 points.

1996 Preliminary Final

Tony Lockett point, Sydney defeat Essendon by 1 point.

2016 Qualifying Final

Issac Smith point, Geelong defeat Hawthorn by 2 points.

2017 Elimination Final

Luke Shuey goal, West Coast defeat Port Adelaide in extra-time by 2 points

Isaac Smith after missing after the siren against Geelong in 2016.

EXTRA-TIME IN FINALS

1994 Qualifying Final

North Melb v Hawthorn 12.19 (91) v 13.13 (91). Kangaroos win in ET 15.24 (114) v 13.13 (91)

2007 Semi Final

Collingwood v West Coast 10.12 (72) v 10.12 (72). Magpies win in ET 13.15 (93) v 10.14 (74)

2017 Elimination Final

Port Adelaide v West Coast 8.12 (60) v 9.6 (60). Eagles win in ET 10.16 (76) v 12.6 (78)

Collingwood and St Kilda players after the 2010 drawn Grand Final. Picture: Channel 7

DRAWN FINALS & REPLAYS

1928 Semi Final

Melbourne v Collingwood 9.8 (62) v 9.8 (62). Collingwood won replay 10.8 (68) v 9.10 (64)

1946 Semi Final

Collingwood v Essendon 13.22 (100) v 14.16 (100). Essendon won replay 10.16 (76) v 8.9 (57)

1948 GRAND FINAL

Essendon v Melbourne 7.27 (69) v 10.9 (69). Melbourne won replay 13.11 (89) v 7.8 (50)

1962 Preliminary Final

Carlton v Geelong 12.13 (85) v 13.7 (85). Carlton won replay 10.18 (78) v 10.13 (73)

1972 Semi Final

Richmond v Carlton 8.13 (61) v 8.13 (61). Richmond won replay 15.20 (110) v 9.15 (69)

1977 GRAND FINAL

Collingwood v Nth Melb 10.16 (76) v 9.22 (76). Nth Melb won replay 21.25 (151) v 19.10 (96)

1990 Qualifying Final

Collingwood v West Coast 13.12 (90) v 13.12 (90). Collingwood won replay 19.12 (126) v 9.13 (67)

2010 GRAND FINAL

Collingwood v St Kilda 9.14 (68) v 10.8 (68). Collingwood won replay 16.12 (108) v 7.10 (52)

Originally published as Luke Shuey after-the-siren, matchwinning goal the latest in thrilling finals finishes