AFL world stunned by truly bizarre scenes as Port star Miles Bergman kicks it the wrong way

Port Adelaide star Miles Bergman has made an all-time howler and it left everyone in complete disbelief.

Port Adelaide star Miles Bergman has made an all-time howler, inexplicably kicking the ball the wrong way off the opening bounce.

In a truly bizarre start to Saturday night’s showdown between Port Adelaide and Adelaide, the 23-year-old latched onto the loose ball in the opening seconds and hoofed it downfield.

The only problem is that he kicked it in the completely wrong direction.

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To make matters worse, it landed straight into the grateful lap of Adelaide forward Darcy Fogarty. setting him up for an easy shot at goal.

“He’s kicked it the wrong way. This is hard to believe,” Dwayne Russell said in Fox Sports commentary.

“I’ve never seen a professional do that. That is incredible.

“Imagine Neil Armstrong saying, ‘Sorry, boys, I think I’ve gone the wrong way’.”

But incredibly, from right in front, the ever-consistent Fogarty then missed the easy chance.

“This just might set the scene for something quite extraordinary. So we’ve had a 60-metre wrong kick, and then Darcy Fogarty, who never misses, just slides one to the right,” AFL legend Garry Lyon added.

Miles Bergman inexplicably kicked it the wrong way off the first bounce. Credit: Kayo

Around the ground, the crowd was equally stunned.

 “I tell you what, guys, the crowd down here were absolutely stunned as well, not just you guys,” Shaun Burgoyne said.

“But they didn’t know what we were actually watching, just then.”

While fans were also quick to give it to Bergman online.

“That is unforgivable. What a Wally,” one fan wrote.

“Opening clearance of the Showdown and Miles Bergman delivers a perfect pass … to Darcy Fogarty in Adelaide’s forward line. Horror first moment, got completely confused,” another said.

While a third wrote: “You’d think he might pay attention to which way we are going! Sums up our season”.

Originally published as AFL world stunned by truly bizarre scenes as Port star Miles Bergman kicks it the wrong way