Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| home team | home team score | away team | away team score | venue | crowd | date |
| collingwood | 19.20 (134) | fitzroy | 12.9 (81) | victoria park | 25759 | 24 april 1971 |
| south melbourne | 5.9 (39) | richmond | 20.13 (133) | lake oval | 18895 | 24 april 1971 |
| st kilda | 10.9 (69) | hawthorn | 18.19 (127) | moorabbin oval | 25153 | 24 april 1971 |
| north melbourne | 14.15 (99) | footscray | 13.14 (92) | arden street oval | 13972 | 24 april 1971 |
| geelong | 13.8 (86) | carlton | 13.21 (99) | kardinia park | 23555 | 24 april 1971 |
| melbourne | 10.18 (78) | essendon | 6.7 (43) | vfl park | 27342 | 24 april 1971 |
Title:
1971 vfl season
Statement:
melboume 's away team opponent was not essendon
Answer:
refuted