@@erazehashbrown484 they were both only about 55, second one pushing 65 meters not including the bounce, still only took the hawks only 2 kicks to get the goal lol
For this old timer, Gary Ablett remains the standard with that booming punt from the goal square. Cheers. Having said that, todays' lads are following right along in the footsteps of their predecessors. The AFL remains the best sport on the pitch.
The whole video, I was thinking; surely Geelong’s longest kick has to be by an Ablett... Yeah it was! Some of the AFL’s best players, snr and jnr, and there’ll probably be more of them...
Andrew Fleming It appeared longer than it actually was, because of how high he kicked it. In reality it was about 65mtrs. Still a long way, but a lot of players nowadays can kick that far, on a regular basis. I saw Blight kick that far on his left once out at Waverley, in the late 70’s against Hawthorn. Because it wasn’t a shot at goal, just a field kick, there’s no mention of it.
True story, Blight kicked that goal after the siren against Carlton to win the game at Princes Park. The very next week, on the same ground, but against co-tennants Hawthorn, in the wet, Blight gets a push in the back as he kicked at goal in the final seconds. The Ball goes through for a point to tie the game and then the final siren sounds. The umpire gives Blight the option to accept the point or have another shot after the siren. Blight is no more than 30 metres out but in very heavy conditions this time. So he accepts the kick knowing that a goal wins the game, a point draws the game and no score loses the game. Most likely due to the wet, the ball skews off his boot on a sharp angle, ending up out of bounds for no score, thus losing the game. So the week before he wins the game after the siren, the next week he loses it after the siren. Talk about from riches to rags! ... But that's football for you!
Brisbane lions could also have been Ash McGrath from 2003 prelim final vs sydney at Telstra stadium/anz stadium torp from square on the run that bounced thru 🤙🏻
Remember not all grounds are the same length. Princess Park, Gabba, SCG all have very small gaps between their center squares and 50m arcs, so some of Goals at those grounds may look longer than they actually were. On the other hand Quentin Lynch's Goal at Subiaco Oval (the longest ground) was probably 76-80m off 2 steps.
Paul Seedsman kicked a longer goal for the Crows than the one that Taylor Walker kicked. His goal was also kicked at the SCG. And David Wojcinski kicked a longer goal for Geelong than Gary Ablett Snr's monster torpedo when he booted one on the run from near the center circles which bounced through the goals at the Punt Road end of the MCG against Melbourne in 2003. And some of Peter Daicos' monster torpedoes may have been longer than Anthony Rocca's goal for Collingwood too.
Efraim and Sam My cousin played for the Saints, in the 80’s as capt of the Under 19’s. Geoff Ferring used to goals like that at training on Tuesday nights, when the 19’s, Reserves & Senior’s trained in 1 combined group.
In damp /greasy and overcast conditions for a fair slice of the game until the rain settled in late in the 3rd , at VFL Park .vs. Carlton , not a bad roost just quietly. Poor Carlton , lost the week before to Hawthorn in the 2nd Semi in a game where it rained non-stop from go to whoa ( I know all too well being there in standing room out in the open 🥶🌧☃️), then Melbourne knocked them out in the prelim. kicking 19.6.120 to 14.14.98.
the ablett one he also kicked another that was very similar that i believe was abit closer to the center circle, ben graham i think also kicked one similar
