The AFL is investigating another timekeeper issue with 1:49 added to the third quarter 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.
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.
The AFL, following their internal investigation, offered the following statement:
“With 3.36 remaining in the third quarter, at a boundary throw-in, the time clock was stopped by the timekeepers and did not restart for a short period of time.
“Once timekeepers were aware, a standard manual adjustment occurred, however time was added to the time clock when it should have been subtracted.
“This was a human error by the timekeepers, subsequently leading to the third quarter running 1.49min longer than it should have.
“The issue has been addressed internally, with both clubs informed of the error. “
The latest error 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.
It was not the only timekeeping error during the match, as in the third quarter, the run-down clock jumped around from 9.41 to 12.46 before auto-correcting.
