Fans rage at the AFL for 'diabolical' and 'avoidable' mistake that 'happens EVERY year' - as glaring issue in footy's fiercest rivalry is ignored again

Footy fans person raged astatine the glaring kit clash betwixt bitter rivals Carlton and Collingwood connected Thursday night.

Some claimed that the crippled was 'unwatchable', 1 went arsenic acold arsenic calling it 'putrid', portion different was dismayed by the information that the clash happens each excessively often betwixt the sides.

Collingwood donned their classical 'prison bar' jumper arsenic the location team, with Carlton electing to deterioration their classical navy bluish location strip.

Carlton besides opted to deterioration achromatic shorts arsenic portion of their strip, but some sides donned acheronian navy socks, making it adjacent harder for TV viewers to archer who was connected the ground.

'Jumper standing of ZERO retired of 10 for #aflpiesblues. It is perfectly diabolical that this horrific and wholly avoidable jumper clash happens each year! As the distant team, Carlton MUST deterioration their achromatic guernsey. When volition this madness end!?' One footy instrumentality wrote connected X connected Thursday night.

'Socks too. It’s putrid to watch. Players are handing implicit to opponents arsenic a result,' different wrote.

'This is unacceptable and unwatchable,' 1 said.

Journalist Daniel Garb was besides near bewildered astatine however the AFL had not intervened to marque 1 of the sides deterioration a clash jersey.

'How connected world isn’t a clash guernsey being worn?!' Garb wrote connected X.

He added: 'Not large connected TV. Reckon the players can’t archer each different isolated fractional the time.'

Soccer newsman Vince Rugari added: 'The guernsey clash present is insane. Absolutely ludicrous. Wouldn’t spot this successful immoderate different contention connected Earth.

'No excuse for it. But they are some large Victorian clubs truthful it conscionable happens, and thing ever changes.'

Some fans lashed retired astatine Carlton for not donning their achromatic kit arsenic the visiting side.

'Carlton not wearing their achromatic kit contiguous is ridiculous. No constituent successful having it if it isn't worn against this Pies kit,' 1 wrote connected X.

'Horrible ocular merchandise for the game. Why are Collingwood and Carlton exempt from wearing clash jumpers against each other? For the emotion of deity tin idiosyncratic delight outline the AFL's clash jumper argumentation for me,' 1 added.

Concerns person been raised implicit Michael Voss's side's signifier astatine the commencement of the 2025 season, with the Blues having suffered 3 defeats connected the bounce.

Concerningly, they were beaten by a rebounding Richmond broadside successful the 2025 play opener, Blown distant by the Hollywood Hawks successful circular 2 and past retired ran by the Western Bulldogs past week astatine the Marvel Stadium.

With bragging rights riding connected tonight's game, the Blues got disconnected to a flying commencement against the Magpies, with goals from Oliver Hollands and Patrick Cripps giving the Blues an aboriginal pb successful the archetypal quarter.

It was a cagey match, though, with Collingwood hitting backmost astir immediately, with Harry Perryman and Jordan De Goey uncovering the mediate sticks.

The 2nd 4th was a tense affair, with Dan Houston present facing a tense hold for a brutal bump connected Carlton's Lachie Fogarty, making interaction with the Blues' star's head.

Brody Mihocek missed a large accidental from 25m retired but it was Carlton who took the pb into the changing rooms astatine half-time 29-25, acknowledgment to a precocious second-quarter extremity from George Hewitt.

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