September 20, 2026 — 8:44am

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Ugly scenes erupted at the MCG on Saturday night when fans threw bottles onto the ground, narrowly missing umpires as they walked off the turf after a pulsating finish to the preliminary final between Hawthorn and Brisbane.

Dozens of water bottles and cans rained down on the ground after Brisbane’s nine-point victory, when Hawthorn fans booed the umpires and vented their fury to a series of high-stakes decisions in the match’s dying minutes.

Footage showed one field umpire, Jacob Mollison, reacting quickly to…

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