Gary Ablett Mark Of The Century

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[@capitainebonhomme1609]

Whether it's a mark or not, everyone would agree that play was spectacular !!!

[@capitainebonhomme1609]

@J G You're getting carried away with the numbers ! Hahaha 😂😸🤣 Asia is home is 60 % of the world population. Soccer is only a minor sport there. Same with the US: soccer is a very minor sport. Haha 🤣🤣🤣

[@mrbanjopete]

This video should be called ‘most of the quarter with a dropped mark being paid somewhere in it.’

[@ablett9]

It bounced out when he hit the ground , it was a mark

[@mrbanjopete]

@@ablett9 I see what you are saying. In real time it looks dodgy but he did seem to have it as he hit the ground. Using only 1 arm didn’t help his cause.

[@stevensmith1718]

Amen

[@andymcrae4661]

I was there Greatest mark you will ever see

[@jarradbaker8200]

Never controlled it, wasnt a mark

[@peterbyrne178]

Some leap.. I m Irish and went to all 3 tests back in 87 when the compromise football between Ireland and Australia were played in Croke Park.. Lots of punch ups but some amazing football.. I remember being fascinated by how high the rules players could leap and how they could hang in the air waiting for the ball.. Great stuff.. Jim Stynes played then.. One tough cookie

[@-g7-955]

I was at this game with my old man as a 14 yr old kid all I remember is Gazzas figure flying up in the air followed by pandamodium and a huge WOOO from the crowd as it was shown on the replay,that's what I'm talking about!Thanks dad for the memories!✌️🍻

[@Xscapeplan01]

I was there too :)

[@shramo]

Awesome! Thanks for the story.

[@chriskelly5102]

I was there too, it was a tight finish with Collingwwod coming back from a long way down but that moment made you forget about the game situation, unbelievable leap Poor Gary never got up in the air again after that, it nearly killed him

[@childishslinky324]

Even if it wasn’t really a mark, the umpires still called it as one, and the effort was still sensational

[@childishslinky324]

@MU FC Aight, pretty sure it called Football tho

[@TBoneTony]

Mother's Day 1994 was when my family went to the football, all 5 of us for the first time together at a football match. Watching Geelong Vs Collingwood and this highlight of the match was one I never forgot over so many years.

[@gavinmcrae9199]

If you run it in slow motion (repeatedly pausing it), you'll see that it was a mark. He momentarily held it in his right arm between his right elbow and body. That's why he claimed it too, because he knew he had control except for the fact that he hit the ground hard and it bounced out.

[@sliat1981]

Gavin McRae Of course he claim it was a mark regardless if it was.

[@frankmachin5438]

Gavin McRae don’t tell me...you’re a Geelong supporter. Never had control of it. Certainly was the leap of the century

[@Yoshimitsu420]

Momentarily holding it isn't a mark

[@mux_x2711]

Yes slow me down in real life and see if it’s a mark

[@Thelivewire64]

Mate, I'm an umpire. Not a mark. A great attempt, but he did not control it.

[@cammo3876]

I was in the pocket that day Remember it well If you were at the ground it was a mark Cant sit at home in ya arm chair and say he didn’t control it I was there......Ump blew his whistle and said Mark As a North supporter i would go just to watch the great man What a player 👏👏👏

[@MrOx85]

😂😂😂😂we can see it in hd now buddy so believe what you want.

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

I was there and i could see he the ball hit his wrist and stomach and the ground. so did his somach mark the ball or his wrist.

[@Andrew-gb4hj]

Thanks mate for the confirmation

[@BannanaBlue]

At the end of the day it got paid a mark so what difference does it make? But I absoloutely can sit at home in my armchair and say he didn't control it, because he simply didn't.

[@Ash_18037]

Pause the replay at 1:54 just as the bottom of his number 5 touches the ground. You can clearly see (unless you're blind or a Hawthorn/Collingwood supporter) that he has the ball controlled between his chest and elbow. People can debate that he possibly didn't control it for long enough, but you CANNOT watch this replay and say he had no control / it was just luck. This guy was probably the best high marker ever to play the game. He knew exactly what he was doing and deliberately used his left arm to push it to the corner of his right arm where it stays until his elbow hits the ground. Also the umpire was only about the 30 metres out from goal with no players obstructing his view AND in the perfect position to see the ball in Ablett's right arm.

[@jarradbaker8200]

“Attempted “mark of the century

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

Leap of the century.

[@shramo]

He paid it.

[@jarradbaker8200]

Only because his name was ablett, anyone else its play on

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

Editing of the century when you watched it later it almost looked like he might have marked it, sort of, maybe, nah not really

[@alexandertahn9896]

Actually it is a mark, no one else had touched it and it was in his arms when he fell to the ground so I am pretty sure it’s a mark

[@tobbygrant3839]

not a mark, he drop it and wasn't long enough

[@megarneymor9568]

agree

[@tiboryujika8699]

shut up

[@2wadeys]

This is right he did not hold it for long enough he dropped it when Geelong dropped the game

[@bradenferris]

tobby grant not true mate he lost the ball from the impact

[@sliat1981]

Nah, never had control. If he didn’t have control and lost it on impact, then it’s not a mark. Play on

[@de1623]

Taking nothing away from Ablett, it was NO mark.

[@rickdaniels1000]

It’s certainly a mark he controlled the ball all the way down and the force of the ground on his back knocked it out

[@Andrew-gb4hj]

Thankyou for this, it is so obvious

[@chadchadderton]

He never once had control of it... aside from a possible split second but that isn't enough to constitute a mark. Definitely a hell of a leap and incredibly athletic play, just shouldn't have been a mark.

[@Ash_18037]

@@chadchadderton Pause the video at 1:54. Step forward using the . key on your keyboard. Watch the ball clearly being controlled between his right elbow and chest until he hits the ground. Understand why this was named mark of the century.

[@chadchadderton]

@@Ash_18037 Nope, didn't control it to be classed a mark. Well not in accordance to the law. Still an amazing effort however.

[@off1k]

@@Ash_18037 I too agree this is a mark, no bias here, not a Geelong or Collingwood supporter or hater. It was GeelongFC mark of the century not AFL/VFL mark of the century just to be clear. The AFL/VFL mark of the century was by Shaun Smith in 1995. Personally though, any mark that comes loose before or after they hit the deck shouldn't be in any best/top50 etc video and definitely shouldn't be mark of the year, I'm looking at Nic Nat 2015 (dropped before he landed) and Jeremy Howe 2012 (come loose after landing). We need to set higher standards. This mark by Ablett wouldn't even make my top 100, maybe even 200, only because the ball coming loose after landing. There's plenty better marks by him imo.

[@stevenmckee6134]

The mark you take, without taking a mark

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

without the ball touching your hand

[@alexandertahn9896]

@@edwardbakadingo4261 it doesn’t have to

[@Ash_18037]

Salty Hawthorn supporter spotted (or maybe Collingwood... no I'm tipping Hawthorn) ;)

[@stevenmckee6134]

@@Ash_18037 Freo actually

[@newmanoinstagram]

Greatest mark of all time!!! Greatest player of all time!!!

[@charlick2]

Disco Roach 79 was better

[@25Anzac]

Was definitely NOT a mark, he never caught it, or even CONTROLLED it at ANY point - even the commentators disagreed with it. Essendon’s Gary Morcroft mark against the Bulldogs was the greatest mark ever - this was a ‘sense of occasion’ joke !

[@JacintaGib]

The leap mate, the leap!

[@shanelawson5072]

Definitely a mark...! He tucked it in & controlled it.... & it only spilled out when he hit the turf.

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

haha

[@shanelawson5072]

@@edwardbakadingo4261 .... what does that mean?

[@channelkerr]

Unrelated: It shits me that they don't show the player name/number/stats on screen anymore. As a kid i knew most player names thanks to this. Now I only know the big guns...

[@russdy1982]

Play AFL fantasy

[@harleybaker8712]

If that was a mark than I’m better than Dustin Martin in a finals series

[@stealerknob3658]

Lol

[@alexandertahn9896]

Well then you must be

[@mattzurbo6890]

I LOVE Ablett, but we were there. He rose, the crowd rose! He dropped it. We sat down again, laughed, marvelled. Then we noticed him going back for a shot on goal. Everybody was puzzled. Where was the free? Then, someone said; "I think they paid the mark?"

[@iamtheralwus]

What people are forgetting is, the footage was taken from behind whereas the umpire was in front and to the right, meaning the umpire was in the best position to judge it, and he judged it a mark. He was in the best position to see the ball and to see Ablett control it with his right arm before the heavy landing popped the ball out.

[@shearerbob7272]

Behind, in front and to the right? It's not the fckin Kennedy assignation.

[@Andrew-gb4hj]

Well said

[@stealerknob3658]

No mark No mark The leap was great But did not keep control of the ball Should be leap of the century

[@himate5307]

1:21 your welcome

[@martino7465]

Definitely a mark. Ball bobbles out only when Ablett hits the ground.

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

bobbles out? he fell on the ground and the ball bounced off his stomach hilarious

[@GomersPile01]

Having played footy all my life as a kid? The umpires decision is final.

[@rodneycroft5889]

I have seen it many times and I seen it the first time. No matter how many times you show it, it’s not a fucking mark, they paid it because it’s this bloke.

[@smashhimmungo5798]

AUSSIES WHEN THEY TALK BACK IN THE DAY FUNNY AS !! 🤣🤣

[@Ash_18037]

LIKE... LOL OMG IKR FUNNY AF BACK IN DA DAY BRUH AMIRITE!!

[@Tedanson]

It was a mark, he was in the air that long it doesn’t matter that it bounced out after he hit the ground

[@terrythekittieful]

The shock of hitting the ground and he lost control of the ball, but he had controlled it to that point, even for a brief fraction of a second...it would have been understandable if the ump hadn't paid it, but technically it's a mark.

[@sandyian7058]

Isn't the rile at least 3 seconds of controlling the ball or something

[@sliat1981]

😂🤣

[@Yoshimitsu420]

@@sandyian7058 well the old rules when I had rulebook when I was kid said that but the knew afl rules just say he has to control it its stupid as fuck because that wasn't a mark

[@royboy4571]

Technically it’s not a mark

[@sliat1981]

@@royboy4571 agree

[@JacintaGib]

If that happened in todays footy he would have been subbed off and given a week for concussion. Those were the days!

[@simplesimon4717]

I was at the G that day sitting right at the top of the old northern stand. When Ablett took that mark the whole crowd/ground lifted as one. Quite an Amazing thing to witness!

[@brodiegriffin_is_Ozzy]

I've never thought that was a mark .

[@damienmattson3447]

Then you’ve never been right about it

[@zordsps9400]

Great flick of the hand It's a mark for sure

[@Simon-nv5zj]

I find it rather hilarious that people still think he controlled it. He tapped it into his body bounced off stomach into his right arm then the ball flings out clear as day. Not sure what y'all are smoking. BUT...... im glad they did pay it because it makes for great history.

[@jace7541]

I watched that game live back in the day.

[@johnwilliams4545]

Dropped it cold lol

[@dannis8552]

Not even close

[@cameronbarrow6834]

We know It wasnt really a mark but, it is still iconic

[@the66hobgoblin.45]

I'm a lifetime Cats Fan & even I have to say he was lucky to be paid a mark. Hmm hang on I just had another couple of slo- mo replays and it does appear he holds it to his right side on the way down and the impact with the ground knocks the ball loose. Did he have it under control long enough, going by similar marks I've seen paid, yes. I reverse my view, it was a mark.

[@lexl2357]

Losing control of the ball when you hit the ground is still loss of control which equals no mark. Take the sentimentality out of it, it's not a mark for mine even though it was paid. I loved Gary Ablett as a player, but I will never consider that to be the mark of the century.

[@greghollands3628]

I agree. No way that's a mark.

[@vampyresgraveyard3307]

In football if you have control of the ball and mark it and land and pops out it's a mark in cricket it's considered a drop catch.

[@alexandertahn9896]

No actually, people drop it all the time after they take a specky, so I consider it a mark

[@stephenhoward358]

Don't be a downer man

[@raysgr]

No mark, play on.

[@ry4bfggfd]

0:04 Rowe took mark of the millennium but wasn't paid. Controlled it as long as Ablett's.

[@capitainebonhomme1609]

Following that line... Who took the mark of the million years? Haha 😂🤣

[@ry4bfggfd]

@@capitainebonhomme1609 Tim Darcy 0.59 :p

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

and thousands of others not paid, as Robbo said what a great leap, and then the ball bounces off his stomach

[@alexandertahn9896]

@@edwardbakadingo4261 I trust u have already seen my comments? Anyway he did control it in his arms or stomach or whatever you think until he hits the ground so it is a mark.

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

@@alexandertahn9896 yeah in your dreams so whe was it in his left hand in the numerous replays. You say 'controlled it in his arms or stomach' so make up your mind did he control it in his arms. no because its no where near his right arm after it bounced off his wrist. OR did he control it in his stomach I have watched it many times and I am quite certain that he did not eat the ball so it was not controllled in his stomach.

[@Xscapeplan01]

Mark no mark whatever, it was spectacular to witness a true afl legend

[@donaldbarnett4447]

It was a mark. he had control of the ball all the way. It only spilled out when he hit the ground.

[@berranari1]

In Australian Football it is a mark and an optional free kick from the moment the umpire deems it a mark. If you get hit after the mark you can still get the ball and take your free. If you are injured a teammate can take it. The only true debate happens if the ball was touched by another player. This debate is due to the people not understanding the rules of the game and thinking that they do because their kid plays Auskick. Typing in all caps doesn't make a point.

[@CraigAAG]

Not a mark, maybe in under 10s, that's ridiculous.

[@Mattsretiring]

WOW! Remember the days when AFL scores even threatened to make 3 figures. The rubbish we are served today is nothing like this.

[@benlammardo538]

Cos teams have learnt that to win you need a good defence. The defensive structure in this game was absolute appalling. No wonder they could reach 3 figures

[@ronanrogers4127]

Yeah, it’s really crap now. I haven’t watched a complete game in almost 20 years. The defensive swarm pioneered by the Swans killed it.

[@valueyournationalsovereign4797]

@@ronanrogers4127 should be tried for crimes against football but it started with Wallace against the bombers just no talent charff stretching the rules to beat good teams and send spectators to sleep

[@jamesobrien8527]

Shorter quarters in 2020 for a condensed season.

[@kevinsheldrick917]

1:24 Ablett puts his hand up which means, "I took the mark". Umpire could have thought, "Hmm, I thought he dropped that but, oh well, Ablett's an expert player and I trust the experts".

[@mickbrowne2378]

Robbo you only need to have control of the ball for it to be a mark even if it spills after someone punches it after its grabbed or if you hit the ground and it spills out

[@landerzone2643]

Mark of the Century, not even a mark.

[@peterhead218]

Never a mark.

[@jamesdavis5517]

Farce of the century.

[@TomasUjhelyi]

The man looked so much younger when he retired.

[@alkaford6259]

Was at that game 4th row 2nd teir Olympic stand right in front never forgot that

[@klokar21]

The GOAT mark from the GOAT

[@samsabastian5560]

Having played full forward and centre half forward at a relatively high level, that was not a mark in any way shape or form.

[@shramo]

Hahahahahahahahahahabababababababababababahahahahahahahaha

[@shramo]

Omg. I bow to you. Please yell me why it wasn't a mark your highness great and big full forward/centre half forward. I am unworthy. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@shramo]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@samsabastian5560]

@@shramo He touched the ball, and it fell straight to the ground but he didn't hold it at all. Ablett was a great player, but on that occasion no way was that a mark.

[@powertrust1971]

If he caught it?

[@chrisr5499]

As a Rugby fan that was like some form of Martial Arts Marking.

[@jackstewart8766]

Last time I seen a touch like that paid was at my younger cousins Auskick game ITS NOT A MARK

[@rohan750]

He held it for then 3 seconds that makes it a mark

[@andreabond3501]

Legendary Gaz

[@nzmagpie1]

I was there that day supporting Collingwood. I consider the mark was legitimate. Ablett controlled the ball. It only dropped out when he hit the ground.

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

you are joking right. did he touch it at all with his right hand or his left hand?

[@downtownneonlights]

Ablett almost died for our entertainment

[@bendover1525]

It's not a mark he didn't even catch the ball. Let all be serious people.

[@Wutzmename]

"(sniiiif), rip snorter." 😆 Still remember his interview where he's high on coke.

[@mickossie]

Alot of people say he dropped it, but he caught it, and it bounced out when he hit the ground, that's a mark!!

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

Clearly the best editing of the century did the ball even touch Gibletts hands um let see his wrist, his stomach the ground, so in spite of the freeze frames trying to make it look like it touched his hand there are a few replays and even after several replays i dont think it touched either of his hands maybe it was close to his left hand when the ball fell on his stomach. Actually a minute later i think he was closer to marking ball than previous attempt.

[@josephfailla3955]

Morecrofts is mark of the century and it ended his career

[@BigUps147]

And you're telling me McGoverns mark tonight against Collingwood wasn't paid. Fuck me

[@peterjones4734]

Your absolutely on another planet wasn’t even a Mark. Nowhere need Alex Jesalenkos in 1990 grand final..

[@allisonhughes4348]

Biggest not-a-mark of the century

[@crulio]

Mark aside, whose idea was it for both teams to play in these guernseys?

[@suthobay]

Slow it down to 0.25 speed and it looks like a mark

[@fondoodle59]

Sean Smith beats it hands down

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

anyone who actually touched the ball with one hand let alone 2 took more of a mark than this myth

[@dalecamm4733]

ABLLET SENSATION

[@ololdmate]

Not sure I ever noticed this, but looks like Tony Shaw remonstrating with the umpire after the mark. And then standing over the fallen Ablett and saying a few words. Didn’t look happy. Wonder what was said?

[@marksowden7374]

I would not be surprised if Ablett knew he was going to land heavily on his left arm, and then flicked the ball to his right before hitting the ground. He was definitely holding the mark when he hit the ground.

[@jakeplatt1454]

I’ll never understand how this was deemed a mark…

[@aarongriffin825]

what a mark

[@sliat1981]

Aaron Griffin 🤣

[@planetx1595]

@@sliat1981 You disagree?

[@sliat1981]

@@planetx1595 well for a mark you have to either catch or have control of it.

[@SuperDukes18]

Even if it was a mark (which it clearly wasn't), how could you look at that and say it was anything special? He basically fell over while reaching out and touching the ball. once. with one hand. It's not even the ruck hit out of the week.

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

which hand was that it hit his wrist and his stomach and the ground

[@sliat1981]

@@edwardbakadingo4261 it didn’t

[@brocky7470]

Not even close to a mark . , doubt he even new where the ball was after it left his hand

[@leighsymons5619]

Not a mark.

[@shramo]

The umpires called it.

[@sliat1981]

@@shramo the umpires fucked up that goal in the 2009 grand final

[@qyzah8362]

To everyone saying it’s a mark He didn’t even hold it longer than half a second No mark

[@darylpurdy7717]

You try taking a mark like that and hitting the ground with an injured leg. Dickhead

[@landerzone2643]

@@darylpurdy7717 pfft. Did he catch the ball. Not even close. No mark. Certainly no mark of the century. Like best in 100 years? Haha

[@qyzah8362]

@@darylpurdy7717 ok bro next time I tap the ball and I hit my head it better be payed as a mark Dickhead

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

I am not sure that he even touched it with either hand

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

@@qyzah8362 ABsolutely you should have Don Scotts job your description was brilliant

[@greyman003]

I would have paid the mark. My favorite and the best player I had the pleasure to watch. Even better than his son.

[@sliat1981]

What do you mean mark of the century. That was Shaun Smith. It was even voted on

[@jamesdavis5517]

Special comments by Don Scott. A very difficult man to listen to. Thank god they worked that out.

[@Yoshimitsu420]

Thats not a fucking mark he didn't control it at all he just fell with it

[@gamerpro70]

when did it happen whatyear

[@jeffallen981]

Ball bounced right off his chest no mark

[@jeffmcmahon3278]

No mark - play on!Obviously never seen real marks by Ian McKay or Don Lindner. (Oh, that's right, they're not Vics and therefore don't rate)

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

anyone not from geelong knows it wasnt a mark. i mean the mark and goal of the year is decided by a phone vote and one year the winner voted for himself several thousand times so even the process to decide the mark of the year is a bad joke like everything else run by the AFL

[@marekbelly]

did he break a rib, an ankle, a little finger? I know that they were all big and tough men back then but, the palaver after he hit the ground?

[@melvinleong3731]

AROUND THIS TIME IS WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE GAME ALONE.. NOW ITS FUKT AND WAY TOO COMMERCIALISED .. sry caps

[@londonman8688]

if it actually was a mark ..

[@edwardbakadingo4261]

only caused the umpire like him as much as Don Scott did even Buce McAveney was sitting on the fence.

[@alexandertahn9896]

It was watch at 0.5x speed

[@marineboyocean]

That wasn’t a mark 🤦🏽‍♂️🤣

[@alexandertahn9896]

Yes it was watch at 0.5x speed

[@sliat1981]

@@alexandertahn9896 no it wasn’t. Bouncing off your wrist is not marking

[@alexandertahn9896]

@@sliat1981 It bounced of his arm into his chest. The angle is still weird, so it is hard to tell.

[@sliat1981]

@@alexandertahn9896 no it flicked off his wrist. Not a mark

[@mickbrowne2378]

If there was a bed of pillows under him the ball wouldn’t have spilled out ???

[@mcaligariactivism]

Legend has it Ablett still hasn't returned to earth from that leap.

[@jarradbaker8200]

Only because he’s constantly high

[@scottclark1634]

How was that s mark exactly, the ball spilled out?

[@stevensmith1718]

Can I get a coke and ice with that please sir

[@TheCleaner76]

It’s a mark

[@locky_socky62]

5 yrs since this vid uploaded

[@gnargnar1898]

now 8.. how are you bro..

[@jonm2522]

That was not a mark and definitely not a mark of the century but because it's Gary Ablett they gave it to him