“I see it, but I don’t believe it” Nick Davis Kicks 4 Goals in the 4th Quarter to Save the Sydney Swans Season (2005)
"I see it, but I don’t believe it" Nick Davis Kicks 4 Goals in the 4th Quarter to Save the Sydney Swans Season (2005) from sports
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Pure insanity. I love it.
Looks like it was a crazy performance but I have no idea how the sport works.
What’s the football/basketball equivalent?
AFL is the bees knees
I had no idea what was happening for most of this and yet remained enthralled
Absolutely most confusing sport in the world to watch, like 3 year Olds chasing a bouncy ball but fuck that first goal was sweet!
The more I watch, the less I understand.
I still remember watching this live back in 2005 out on the town in Sydney with mates ducking into a random pub and hugging all sorts of random strangers at the end of it.
To go on and win the grand final a couple weeks later when they shouldn’t have even won this game. Incredible
I talked with some friends. Apparently this is 28-3 in terms of the collapse of the other team and one person literally single handedly winning the game.
Wtf is this
This was a incredible ending to a game.
The Mrs and I were there at the time and located in the grandstand at that end of the field – it was such an amazing finish, when they were all trying to get hold of the ball for that last goal – the place went absolutely off!
For Americans:
Australian rules football is a cross between Basketball and Grid Iron.
1) The ball starts with a hit out by jumping tall centres to their small, agile midfielders as per Basketball.
2) You can move the ball any way except throwing it. That leaves kicking it and punching it. Players are very good at holding it with one hand and punching it with another, I’d expect most of these guys to be able to hit a bulls eye while on the run at medium-short distance.
3) Instead of a tackle stopping play as per Grid Iron, in AFL a catch stops play. This is called a mark. After a player takes a mark he has 15 seconds to pass the ball before other players can tackle him.
4) At each end of the field there is 4 sticks. If you kick it between the middle two you get 6 points, if it goes between the outside ones its 1 point (called goals and behinds).
5) If a player is tackled, he must dispose of the ball before he hits the ground (any way except throwing!). If he does not, the ball is given to the opponent for a “holding the ball” penalty. This encourages the frenetic pace of rapidly passing the ball before you’re mauled.
6) If a huge pileup happens (as with every rugby, grid Iron, football game), then play restarts with dueling jumping tall centres as per basketball.
AFL is a great game. Its played on a field many times larger than a gridiron pitch. Players run an avg of 20kms (12 miles) per game and both teams have their offence AND their defence on the field at the same time.
Its as if in an NFL game, your defence was trying to get an interception, so they could lateral the ball to your Quarterback, so he could drop kick a field goal before the other DLine eats him.
Angle on the second to last one was insane
For those who are interested in understanding what’s going on. 5 min clip explaining Footy. https://youtu.be/XMZYZcoAcU0
This is an [explanation](https://youtu.be/XMZYZcoAcU0) of our footy; Australian Football League.
No idea what’s going on but this is hype as fuck
All I know is Nick Davis is a bad mf
I remember watching this on ESPN in the 80s when I was a kid. We always loved the guy with the two guns or single gun and his suit. I miss that. I still love to watch a game now and again. Fun stuff. I still don’t know who is who and where they are but I always know the Collingwood Magpies, Geelong, St Kilda, and a few other cities/teams that I would not have known without this.
Wonderful call by the announcer. Incredible sports moment.
Their version of the referee “touchdown” arm gesture looks goofy.
That dude definitely fucked that night
That’s a weird way to play soccer
I thought this was rugby
After visiting Australia and learning about the AFL I was shocked it didn’t have a wider audience its crazy fun to watch once you get some understanding of the rules
Fuckin’ Aye
I’ve never seen a rugby match and even I know that third kick was insane.
What do you after such a game. It doesn’t get better than that for a player, does it?
Kick Davis
That last kick was unbelievable.
Eagles Grand Final 2018 was even better.
I came for Nick Davis but stayed for the referee
I’ve just listened to that podcast tonight as well.
The real futbol.
So this Nick Davis fella…he must be better than our Tom Brady from the looks of it