Geelong player caught red-handed in cheeky ‘never seen before’ act that stunned footy commentators

Geelong star Gryan Miers certainly used every tool in his arsenal to help the Cats in their clash with St Kilda on Saturday night – but one cheeky act might see the forward fined.

The Cats were leading by two goals with less than 10 minutes remaining in the second term at GMHBA Stadium when St Kilda big man Rowan Marshall lost his right boot.

Marshall continued to play with one boot on, and then tried to get the umpire’s attention about his missing boot.

Seeing an opportunity, Miers picked up the boot and tossed it in the other direction while Marshall wasn’t looking.

However, the umpire noticed the act and paused the game.

‘Stop, stop stop. Bring the shoe back and throw the ball in (again),’ the umpire could be heard saying.

‘Ball back to the boundary umpire, and you can put your shoe on, OK?’

The boot throwing move is fairly common in rugby and rugby league, but the commentators on Channel 7 were shocked seeing it in AFL.

‘Has this ever happened before?’ said Joel Selwood.

‘I can’t remember (it ever happening),’ Hamish McLachlan replied.

Luke Darcy said: ‘You always see something that you’ve never seen before at a game of footy. I didn’t understand that rule.

‘In fairness to Gryan Miers, he’s thinking, ‘Well, that’s a hazard, I’ll get it out of the way’.’

The commentators then agreed that Miers could get hit with a fine from the AFL for the move.

Footy commentators were shocked by the move, with Joel Selwood asking if it has ever happened before

Gryan Miers could get hit with a fine from the AFL for the cheeky move

The Saints had threatened to pull off an incredible comeback on Saturday night when three goals in time-on of the last quarter got them back within one point in a low-scoring contest.

But Patrick Dangerfield took an intercept mark and belted home a stunning set shot from 55 metres with 35 seconds left to play to seal a thrilling 10.16 (76) to 9.14 (68) victory.

Dangerfield had 25 disposals and eight clearances in an influential performance and was well supported by younger teammates Max Holmes, Tanner Bruhn and Jhye Clark in the engine room.