An unheralded Adelaide rookie has made his title recognized to your complete nation with a mark described because the “platonic ideal of a hanger” early in Adelaide’s 19.7 (121) to 10.9 (69) win in opposition to St Kilda at Adelaide Oval.
With St Kilda’s Hunter Clark clearing a ball down the road to the ahead flank, Parnell seemed to be overwhelmed to the entrance of the competition with Jack Higgins, solely to fly up and sit on Higgins’ shoulders for a spectacular mark that despatched tongues wagging.
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“Patrick Parnell, where did that come from?!” exclaimed Anthony Hudson on Fox Footy.
Parnell, 21, is without doubt one of the shortest gamers on Adelaide’s listing standing at 178cm, however flew greater than anybody imagined as he soared to take a mark of the yr contender.
Social media went into meltdown on seeing the objective, with Triple M’s Rudi Edsall describing it as “is the platonic ideal of a hanger.”
“When you spoke about taking speckies as a kid, that was the exact mark you meant,” Edsall stated.
Barossa Leader journalist Jeremy Nash stated he may “watch this again and again”.
Parnell, nicknamed “Pistol”, was recruited out of Albury with the fourth decide within the 2021 mid-season draft, and was on the time taking part in for the Albury Tigers within the Ovens and Murray League.
He made his debut in Round 7 final yr in opposition to West Coast, and performed many of the remainder of the season.
It could be an omen for issues to come back for the Saints, with the Crows working out to a romping 52-point victory on the Adelaide Oval and persevering with to reinvigorate their season as they returned to the highest eight.
Ross Lyon was left along with his face in his fingers at factors because the Crows piled on objective after objective. Taylor Walker kicked 5 objectives to interrupt the report for essentially the most V/AFL objectives kicked in South Australia (313), and shifting into forty seventh within the all-time goalkickers listing with 559.
Crows skipper Jordan Dawson informed Fox Footy after the sport he was pleased with the efforts of his troops.
“Obviously they’ve been playing really good footy and we knew we had to come out and bring the heat, especially around the ball,” Dawson stated.
“They pride themselves on some of their contested ball and their pressure so we had to match them and beat them (there) first, and kick straight at goal.”
Asked about latest losses to Collingwood and Geelong, Dawson was optimistic.
“I think it’s frustrating at times but you’ve got to move on pretty quick, we’ve played some pretty good teams, and even to match it with Collingwood here, it’s really important for us to know as a group, our best footy’s good enough.”
Crows followers had been impressed by the win, with Age journalist Daniel Brettig praising the workforce’s “quick hands and running in waves”.
“The Crows‘ quick hands and running in waves in support are part of a beautiful tradition of skilful South Australian footy characteristics,” Brettig stated.
Source: www.news.com.au
