Interested in people's thoughts so who is at fault,
Porties who claimed to have ask if OK to play but clearly did the wrong thing on 5/08, SFL for not picking it up prior to game or MVale for asking the question?

It is clear what occurred !!

At the end of the day HONESTY and clarity from all parties is in question .

Interested in people's thoughts so who is at fault,
Porties who claimed to have ask if OK to play but clearly did the wrong thing on 5/08, SFL for not picking it up prior to game or MVale for asking the question?

The only thing Porties were asking about prior to Sundays game was the fact that the lad played in an Under 18 Preliminary Final on Friday night and South were beaten and eliminated. The "same weekend" rule does not apply in finals provided the player is qualified to play finals for his SFL club.

The rule states that you are clear to play for your SFL club in finals once your SANFL season is complete. As of 8.30pm Friday night, the lads SANFL season was completed. The SportsTG system was showing that he played 4 games for Porties so the SFL gave them the confirmation that the lad could play on Sunday because his SANFL season had finished. That approval had nothing to do with the issues that came to light thereafter.

Interested in people's thoughts so who is at fault,
Porties who claimed to have ask if OK to play but clearly did the wrong thing on 5/08, SFL for not picking it up prior to game or MVale for asking the question?

Morphett Vale for me. How dare they send out a team full of correctly qualified players.