Yep - best mark of modern era. I say that because of the difficulty - that kick from Lucas was moving low and fast (and wobbly), Moorcroft too was charging at it fast. A lot of great marks have the ball 'hanging' and plenty of time for . Smiths vs Bris, Walkers vs Ess, G.Ablett Snr vs Coll, Silvangis vs Nth spring to mind as getting close but they were marking a higher slower ball.
It must be a 'Melbourne thing', Bruce is the reason I don't watch the game anymore...and whenever he's calling the tennis, I don't watch that either. He's nauseating
It sucks that this mark basically ended his career. He had severe hip troubles after this and never fully recovered. He will forever be remembered for this mark, but also cut short his career. The irony.
@Alex F Nah it's cactus man, it's a big money sport full of laundered money sugardaddies and pampered millionaires. For decades I used to absolutely love it til wankers like this guy came along and bandwagoned on big clubs and when these entitled idiots team don't win, they sook. It's okay at the lower leagues and non league but at the top it's always the same teams buying all the talent. Boring.
Whether this is the greatest mark of all time or not this is BY FAR the highlight of the great man's commentary career. Bruce was never better than in these 4 minutes
It also had the rare moment too that Scott Lucas kicked with his right foot. Greatest mark ever I was there behind the goals and chatting to a couple of blokes from the UK as the international series was being played at that time and they were there and it was a great moment Right foot Lucas greatest mark Moorcroft who injured his back after that was never the same player but the mark will go down in history
I remember watching this when I first moved to tassie. Went for the bombers because a friend of mine went for them. This was my first season of AFL I had watched. God this was awesome I love AFL. Just an amazing mark.
There was a book of all time marks. There was a couple of great photos of J Coleman and Ron Todd. It was printed in 1996. Best to look for it in 2nd hand book stores. You are right is a pity we did not have video coverage of those days. Or more of it.
Is this the greatest catch in sport history? OBJ’s catch is on a similar level in the NFL, Yuvraj Singh, Jonty Rhodes, Steve Smith, Paul Collingwood and Glenn Maxwell all have some contenders in Cricket Tyree’s Helmet Catch and Edelmen’s bobble catch were on a larger stage. So was Flyin’ Ryan’s in 2018, setting up Sheed. There’s a few more in footy that could bark up the same tree; Andrew Walker, Shaun Smith, Nick Riewoldt, Jonathan Brown and Jeremy Howe Baseball have gloves that could be considered a threat to overfishing, but Adeiny Hechavarria and Kevin Pillar have impressive hauls. Edwin Baptiste as well, a nice grab in college. But for my money, all of those catches are on a separate tier below Gary Moorcroft’s display of physics defiance. He is SO high off the ground, he is reaching SO far back, and he brings it all the way down cleanly. Plus he snags his sixth goal of the game. This is, The Greatest Catch Of All Time!
Please let me know if you think there’s another catch out there, in ANY sport, that can contend with Moorcroft. Or maybe you think there’s one that’s even better.
Ben Stokes took a ridiculous one handed catch against South Africa in the opening game of the 2018 Cricket World Cup. But to be honest I think this mark is on another level to any catch in any sport ever.
I watched a final a few years back when it was televised in the US and it was an absolute blast, I love the sport and so does everyone I introduce it to!
I loathe Essendon with every fibre of my being, and this is still the greatest mark in the history of Australian Rules football. I remember being at a pub and there were two roars. The first when the people watching live saw the mark, and the second when everyone else turned their heads and saw the replay.
I remember this mark.. i was in the kitchen and my dad said "come and have a look at this one" and i went into the lounge and watched the replays lol i remember it being front page of the major newspapers also
amongst my top 10 of all-time for sure. I hope to someday come across super rare footage of a John Coleman speccie, doubt there would ever be any footage that exists although I did see the AFL release some new footage recently but nothing with high marks that he was famous for. Tragedy for footy that video cameras didn't record VFL in those early days
I've seen some fantastic marks like Gary Ablett Snr's and Andrew Walkers but this takes it. It was perfect, Moorcroft had air and he flexed is body. Mark of the millennium.
I'm still backing this mark as the best of all time.
@M stfu stud
@M AFL is the most important sport. AFL is getting more popular all around the world while soccer is declining and failing miserably
Same
Sean Smith
Absolutely
0:52 You will never ever see a more brilliant side-on angle of a magnificent mark. Great job by Channel Seven here.
gives you goosebumps
@prime1143.
Fox Footy with a replay of it at least a year after.
Channel 7 with the original footage.
Ya gay @prime1143
This will always be the greatest mark of all time.
wilburjmc what's close then?
Nothing. Keep in mind he stretched out after jumping on his back.
Yep - best mark of modern era. I say that because of the difficulty - that kick from Lucas was moving low and fast (and wobbly), Moorcroft too was charging at it fast. A lot of great marks have the ball 'hanging' and plenty of time for . Smiths vs Bris, Walkers vs Ess, G.Ablett Snr vs Coll, Silvangis vs Nth spring to mind as getting close but they were marking a higher slower ball.
This is the best. Riewoldts running-back mark against the swans where he literally could’ve died is a close second for me.
@@samb8744 And now another Riewoldt's done that against the Crows, yet this is still easily the greatest mark of all tiime
fantastic commentary. What an incredible mark
Bruce McAvaney's passion is simply wonderful.
It must be a 'Melbourne thing', Bruce is the reason I don't watch the game anymore...and whenever he's calling the tennis, I don't watch that either. He's nauseating
Not a Melbourne thing. A lot of people dislike him for no good reason. I like him. So much genuine love and passion for sport. Got to admire that.
@@ronanrogers4127 I know I'm five years late replying to you, but I believe Bruce is originally from Adelaide not Melbourne
This is the first ever video I've seen of Australian football. And I must say it's awesome! From the USA
MANCHESTER UNITED dude you need to get a life
@MANCHESTER UNITED What's your problem man?... I have seen this message on a few videos... So what if people like different sports..
That's like Pavarotti being the first person you ever hear singing after a lifetime of deafness.
My friend, you will not see better.... little man taking a 'towering mark'
22 years on and nothing is close to this masterpiece!
This should have more views, from geelong fans! Love Bruce commentating though
booo! lol
legendary
The best commentator
go tigers
@@lukaskomacic1054 bombers
It sucks that this mark basically ended his career. He had severe hip troubles after this and never fully recovered. He will forever be remembered for this mark, but also cut short his career. The irony.
@MANCHESTER UNITED Well obviously the softies and effeminate boys need something to do. Thats why soccer was invented!
@Alex F Nah it's cactus man, it's a big money sport full of laundered money sugardaddies and pampered millionaires. For decades I used to absolutely love it til wankers like this guy came along and bandwagoned on big clubs and when these entitled idiots team don't win, they sook. It's okay at the lower leagues and non league but at the top it's always the same teams buying all the talent. Boring.
It does suck but at the same time, I think I would be happy with a shortened career because I took a mark that fucking spectacular
I’d take the immortalisation over a couple more years playing in the AFL.
Whether this is the greatest mark of all time or not this is BY FAR the highlight of the great man's commentary career. Bruce was never better than in these 4 minutes
Greatest mark ever taken. The end. If you don't understand the degree of difficulty of this, not discussing. It's not up for debate
Moorcroft Mark of the Year 2001 - 2101.
mark of the century right here
what a mark!!!!!!
SENSATIONAL!!!!!!!! Chills 19 years later
It also had the rare moment too that Scott Lucas kicked with his right foot. Greatest mark ever I was there behind the goals and chatting to a couple of blokes from the UK as the international series was being played at that time and they were there and it was a great moment Right foot Lucas greatest mark Moorcroft who injured his back after that was never the same player but the mark will go down in history
I remember watching this when I first moved to tassie. Went for the bombers because a friend of mine went for them. This was my first season of AFL I had watched.
God this was awesome I love AFL. Just an amazing mark.
2020: Still the greatest mark ever
Its a mongrel kick too they're hard to catch the mongrels
Still pretty good 22 years later
Forever the best mark of all time. Greetings from 🇩🇪
Footy❤❤
There was a book of all time marks. There was a couple of great photos of J Coleman and Ron Todd. It was printed in 1996. Best to look for it in 2nd hand book stores. You are right is a pity we did not have video coverage of those days. Or more of it.
2021 here. 20th anniversary since this happened. Still the best mark of all time. Iconic.
It actually did get shown on cnn!
@nickycooks the term mark is derived from the native australian(aboriginal) word 'markee' which means, to catch something :)
OMG, Lucas has a right foot!!
Is this the greatest catch in sport history?
OBJ’s catch is on a similar level in the NFL,
Yuvraj Singh, Jonty Rhodes, Steve Smith, Paul Collingwood and Glenn Maxwell all have some contenders in Cricket
Tyree’s Helmet Catch and Edelmen’s bobble catch were on a larger stage. So was Flyin’ Ryan’s in 2018, setting up Sheed.
There’s a few more in footy that could bark up the same tree; Andrew Walker, Shaun Smith, Nick Riewoldt, Jonathan Brown and Jeremy Howe
Baseball have gloves that could be considered a threat to overfishing, but Adeiny Hechavarria and Kevin Pillar have impressive hauls.
Edwin Baptiste as well, a nice grab in college.
But for my money, all of those catches are on a separate tier below Gary Moorcroft’s display of physics defiance. He is SO high off the ground, he is reaching SO far back, and he brings it all the way down cleanly. Plus he snags his sixth goal of the game.
This is,
The Greatest Catch Of All Time!
Please let me know if you think there’s another catch out there, in ANY sport, that can contend with Moorcroft.
Or maybe you think there’s one that’s even better.
Ben Stokes took a ridiculous one handed catch against South Africa in the opening game of the 2018 Cricket World Cup. But to be honest I think this mark is on another level to any catch in any sport ever.
20 years ago today, still the best mark
Nothing will ever top that
I watched a final a few years back when it was televised in the US and it was an absolute blast, I love the sport and so does everyone I introduce it to!
Still the best mark of all time. To this day
Remember watching this on TV. Absolutely the best mark ever taken.
US fan, and this is my favorite mark of all time.
greatest mark of all time, no question.
brilliant call from Bruce Mc-
seriously makes my eyes water, everytime I see it.
What. A. Mark.
To me it's the greatest mark ever purely because of his height.. 9 feet in the air and for a bloke who's 5 feet 7 at best? Just incredible..
Dermie enjoyed every minute of it.
stilll havent seen a mark to beat it and its 12 years later
and the passion in bruce mcavaneys voice makes it ''SPECIAL''..
good mark but I don't like essendon
me too
I loathe Essendon with every fibre of my being, and this is still the greatest mark in the history of Australian Rules football.
I remember being at a pub and there were two roars. The first when the people watching live saw the mark, and the second when everyone else turned their heads and saw the replay.
Smack on...the greatest of all time... and there have been plenty...Peter Boususto...sean smith...Jezza'
@BIGDAZR i am a bulldogs fan too but i can appreciate the greatness of this mark
Only negative is the hands on the shoulders and neck.
I can't stop watching it. My replay button broke
Kept replaying 0:53 for a while! EPIC!
Jesus, the AFL has so many highlights.
@SultanOfMischief I love it when people discover this game for the first time! It must be exciting!
I need to start watching more matches!!!!
How’s the stat line? 6 goals from 11 kicks with no handballs. Love it
This is the best mark of all time, hands down
Hooks it back.... OHHHHHHHHHH WHAT A MARK SENSATIONALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLl
no shit, ive seen so many marks and this has got to be one of the best !
2021 season came and went. Still the greatest mark of all time
best mark of all time, came out of no where
I am a doggies fan but I LOVE that mark!
Easily the most spectacular mark i've seen
I remember this mark.. i was in the kitchen and my dad said "come and have a look at this one" and i went into the lounge and watched the replays lol i remember it being front page of the major newspapers also
I love Bruce's call
I absolutely hate the Bombers, but I still think this is the best mark ever taken
amongst my top 10 of all-time for sure.
I hope to someday come across super rare footage of a John Coleman speccie, doubt there would ever be any footage that exists although I did see the AFL release some new footage recently but nothing with high marks that he was famous for.
Tragedy for footy that video cameras didn't record VFL in those early days
Forget about the mark, Scott Lucas using his right boot is unbelievable!
2001. Mark of the century. 2016. Free kick Hawthorn.
whats more amazing? the moorcroft mark or lucas kicking on his right foot?
are you for real?
Never knew this but not surprised due to the height and horizontal hang-time. Epic!
"Geez!", we got the greatest game on earth : )
Was that Dermie in the box with Bruce? Was he blind? Gold.
why am I only just seeing this now
Unreal mark!
Greatest mark of all time no debate.
Grants desperation at the end was pure toughnest
Best mark ever
I've seen some fantastic marks like Gary Ablett Snr's and Andrew Walkers but this takes it. It was perfect, Moorcroft had air and he flexed is body. Mark of the millennium.
Best mark ever taken.
Hey Blue, I bet your still spewin you missed that mark, when you in the Cougar Bar & it was your shout to buy the drinks.
the magic was all started by Lucas using his right foot
Yeah but don't you play the B team? Next year he goes to Bundoora yeah? because of the joint team in year 9, I heard about that . good on him
Greatest mark I’ve ever seen. This isn’t mark of the century. This is the mark of ALL TIME
i remember watching this game...moorcroft was on fire and this was the climax
Serious? Wasn't that dvd brought out in 96 or 97?
@TheSlayer95 He wrecked his hip when he came down (You can see him clutch at it as he walks back to take his shot on goal)
0:41 it's the woman that supports the Bulldogs from the "This is me" metro ad on during the footy on the right.
I remember that the bombers had a really long winning streak back then, and that it was the Dogs that ended it - was it this game?
No, that was thd year before.
@SultanOfMischief When I read your comment I was wondering what country you live in?
I remember going to this game, I was 9 at the time. Best mark ever.
@DeniroPacinoDeppJoaq Its probably a replay from Fox news but the game was televised on Prime.
gary moorcroft: the first person to see heaven and come back alive.
Andrew Walker, eat your heart out. This is unbeatable.
@mikeFrze from a kick (not a handball)
I know he get a lot of hate, but McAvaney... premier Australian commentator!
How much would I give to hear a QuadCall of this.
@ksufrn why did it end his career?
It was a mongrel kick but how do you mark the mongrels?
Brad Johnson in defence? I thought he was a forward/midfielder for his entire career?
No matter who you go for...this will always be the best mark of all time
brad johnson in backline?
Still remember watching this Infront of an open fire and was dozing off then this happened and man was i instantly wide awake
Evan as a pies fan, In 2022 looking back this was the peak of Western Civilisation.
how many goals did he end up kicking that game?
what's johnno doing down back?
I can imagine broken bones happen a lot here? Good show.
the fucking best of all-time imo, im a essendon supporter but fuck me you cant say that this is one of the most sensational grabs of all time
You see so many comments on videos where peeps were there. My turn. Funniest thing was my mates were ya king at the time and missed it!!
You move in year 10 but isnt there only one team in Year 9?