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Important SN update for SouthlandRussell and Cornes draft the best V/AFL marks ever taken
SEN • July 1st, 2025 11:14 am
What is the best mark ever taken at V/AFL level?
SEN Breakfast’s Dwayne Russell and Kane Cornes have undertaken a draft to decide the best overall and top 10 hangers we’ve seen in the game.
Russell selected first, picking Shaun Smith’s 1995 Mark of the Year, before Cornes took Gary Moorcroft’s 2001 stunner.
Each had five picks to pull together a top 10.
See their ‘hanger draft’ below:
Dwayne’s draft
1 - Melbourne’s Shaun Smith v Brisbane (1995)
2 - Adelaide’s Brett Burton v Carlton (2009)
3 - Port Adelaide’s Chad Wingard v St Kilda (2014)
4 - Sydney’s Leo Barry v West Coast (2005)
5 - Adelaide’s Tony Modra v North Melbourne (1993)
Kane’s draft
1 - Essendon’s Gary Moorcroft v Bulldogs (2001)
2 - West Coast’s Ashley Sampi v Melbourne (2004)
3 - North Melbourne’s Winston Abraham v Port Adelaide (1998)
4 - Geelong’s Gary Ablett Snr v Collingwood (1994)
5 - Adelaide’s Tony Modra v Collingwood (1993)
(From 1:20)
The overall hanger draft
1 - Melbourne’s Shaun Smith v Brisbane (1995)2 - Essendon’s Gary Moorcroft v Bulldogs (2001)3 - Adelaide’s Brett Burton v Carlton (2009)4 - West Coast’s Ashley Sampi v Melbourne (2004)5 - Port Adelaide’s Chad Wingard v St Kilda (2014)6 - North Melbourne’s Winston Abraham v Port Adelaide (1998)7 - Sydney’s Leo Barry v West Coast (2005)8 - Geelong’s Gary Ablett Snr v Collingwood (1994)9 - Adelaide’s Tony Modra v North Melbourne (1993)10 - Adelaide’s Tony Modra v Collingwood (1993)
