Will Ashcroft has surprised the AFL world with an virtually sure Goal of the Year nominee that evoked recollections of Daniel Wells’ well-known “Jackie Chan” aim from 2004.
Tapping the ball ahead from a hitout to benefit deep into the ahead pocket, Ashcroft was squeezed onto the boundary line with nowhere to go, with most onlookers anticipating the ball to roll innocuously over the boundary.
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The father-son choice had different concepts nonetheless, selecting up the ball and throwing it onto his boot in a single mid-air movement, sending the Sherrin by the large sticks.
The soccer world into meltdown.
“You are kidding me! Something unbelievable from the kid. That is ridiculous. That is goal of the year,” mentioned Leigh Montagna on Fox Footy.
“He’s just won himself a car,” mentioned Jonathan Brown, in reference to the automotive awarded by Toyota to the winner of the award as sponsor.
“I saw Daniel Wells do something similar, the Jackie Chan (from Ashcroft) was a little different from a ruck contest, but this is very similar,” mentioned David King.
It would spark an enormous runaway lead for Brisbane, imposing their credentials on the competitors as severe premiership contenders within the 17.13 (115) to 10.7 (67) win.
It helped safe the Lions’ fourth-straight win, after shedding two of their first three video games.
The Lions nicely and really snapped again into kind with a 4 quarter efficiency over the struggling Dockers, including one other win to their record together with Melbourne, Collingwood, North Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney.
Brisbane’s defence was a brick wall, with Brandon Starcevich, Daniel Rich and Harris Andrews utilizing their large statures to fend off the Dockers, whereas Lachie Neale notched a shocking 35 disposals, together with 21 handballs and 7 tackles.
Despite the loss, Fremantle’s personal midfield confirmed good indicators with Hayden Young notching 33 disposals, Andrew Brayshaw 30 disposals.
The win marks Fremantle’s third lack of the season as they head into clashes in opposition to Hawthorn, Sydney and Geelong within the coming weeks.
Ashcroft was humble in victory, telling Alistair Lynch within the post-match interview he merely received fortunate.
“Nah it was a lucky one, all the boys were saying it was a nice goal, but didn’t have much choice, just had a crack on the boundary there and luckily it went through,” Ashcroft mentioned after the win.
Ashcroft mentioned he’d been loving his begin to life as knowledgeable athlete.
“I’ve been loving every minute … just every week I’m getting excited to play.”
– with NCA NewsWire
Source: www.news.com.au
