AFL to investigate ANOTHER clock malfunction issue

The AFL is investigating another timekeeper issue with about two minutes added during Saturday night's clash between Geelong and Collingwood.

Late in the third term, when the Cats held control over the contest, the clock froze for about a minute with 3 min 36 sec remaining in the quarter.

When the clock resumed, the time was 2 min 56 sec, although it suddenly added another minute on top to show 3 min 56 sec.

It would suggest an extra two minutes were played in the third quarter.

Despite the error, which league CEO Andrew Dillon confirmed on Monday the league would look into the incident, had no bearing on the contest, with the Pies scoring only two behinds during that time.

Geelong would go on to win by 54 points, extending the 32-point buffer at the final change to win comfortably.

It comes as the AFL conceded an error in Round 2 between GWS and St Kilda where 29 seconds should have been added to the clock.

Half a minute disappeared at the end of the second quarter following a Max Hall goal. It was determined that a software update was the cause of the malfunction although timekeepers were meant to step in.

"Post a second-quarter goal by St Kilda player Max Hall, a technical issue caused the countdown clock to jump from 29 seconds to 00 seconds, effectively ending the quarter," a statement from the AFL read.

"Upon a full review, it has been determined that 29 seconds should have been added back onto the timeclock.

"In the moment, the timekeepers were unaware of the technical error. There is a manual backup process for the timekeepers to resort to, however in this instance that did not happen.

"Ahead of the next round of matches, the AFL will undertake re-testing of the relevant timekeeping technology and reinforce the manual backup process with all timekeepers."

The error proved costly as the Giants ran out of time in a thrilling finish to lose by four points.