Favourite one-per center from the GF

[giant]

It's been too long since we've gloried in the wonder that was the 2012 Grand Final.

What was you favourite one-per center?

So many brilliant smothers, tackles, tap ons, shepherds, bumps, contests etc - almost impossible to choose you say?

Well, my personal favourite came from Nick Malceski (who could have a thread on his own on this topic) in the final quarter - the Hawks are coming and looking like they're going to swamp us, Burgoyne - who has given the Hawks a real touch of class having been moved into the midfield - is about to swoop on a free ball as it comes off a marking contest no more than 15m from their goals. If he picks it up, he runs free into the goals and the Hawks are in front. At the last moment, Mal (who flew as part of the contest) hits the dirt and sticks out a foot! And traps the ball! And Burgoyne swoops through with nothing.

Brilliant, improvised, effective.

Let's hear some more!!

[longmile]

Matners run down and tackle saving us from the Hawk's rebounding, and probably winning us the game

[Jeffers1984]

Mattner's tackle for sure. If Birchall broke free they had 3-4 free Hawks up the ground to win the game for them. Saved ROK going from hero to zero basically as he completely missed Mattner who had space in the middle of the ground and opted to go long to Jetta who was in no position to mark.

[tantrum]

Matners run down and tackle saving us from the Hawk's rebounding, and probably winning us the game

When I saw the thread title, this is what I thought too. Mattner! Although whether a tackle is a one-percenter, I don't know.

[Lucky Knickers]

Marty's career is a highlight reel of 1%ers but I thought Jetta's knock on was pretty darn good. Sammy's smother and second grab to get it to Kizz and force a stoppage, Mitch staying in the contest to keep the ball moving forward for Kizz, Goodes getting that goal on two bung legs (god it was ugly), AJs smother, Ted's mark in the sun against Buddy....it doesn't end!
We were awesome!

[JudesaGun]

AJ's smother for sure.

[Dan]

Jetta's tap to Hanners for a goal, Mitch's 2 on 1, Marty's tackle, Goodes just being out there,.... I could go on forever. These reasons are why we won and the Hawks didn't, and why I love the Swans.

[MightyBloods]

I'll go for Mitch's 2 on 1. What made it even more pleasurable was the 'silence' from some of the commentaters who didnt think he had it in him {ie Danny Frawley who called Mitch basically a one trick pony who had no team ethos in his game when Mitch kicked those 2 goals in the 2nd quarter). Obviously Danny missed seeing Mitch's second half of the year.

...a special mention to Mike Pyke. I must have counted at least 3 toe pokes in the GF.The best of them being to Jetta late in the final quarter that helped kill time on the clock and which ended in Malcho kicking the final goal (I loved BTs gulping in the commentary box too everytime Pykey got a possession!). How many GF's did BT play in and win? He mentioned when we and Mike were struggling in the second half that this is what grand final pressure was all about. BT was alluding to the fact when Pykey lot a possession.He's a lot like KB is BT....never admits he's wrong.

[Primmy]

All of the above. But for me it was Jetts run, not the actual run, but sighting inboard and kicking, when he is going at Rioli pace. Sharp eyes at 1%.

And Mattner.
And Goodsey still doing the class act of being able to sit back and then DO something.
And MitchMorton's epiphany as a Swans player.

I think it was Mummy's attempt to backbend off the collapse on top of Hanners big mark that impressed me. Total awareness and attempt to 'do no harm'.

[Melbournehammer]

Mattner for me, but a special mention to aj in the second quarter where he chased down a long kick about 20 m from the hawks goal and with gunston harassing him managed a hand pass across his body to mal, and the ball was three possessions later sailing over the umpires head from Reid. He was the last player not very far out and for a young kid in a gf it was a pretty special play.

Does hanners mark count as a 1 %er ?

[dimelb]

Mitch's two-on-one for me, though all the others mentioned were great efforts. I especially liked it because of the hard work he put in through the season culminating in this revelation of the hard-bitten, scragging Mitch who fought desperately to make Kizza's goal possible - and what a neat, precise and lethal little shot that was!

[Beerman]

What was that game a couple of years back where Marty made a game-saving run-down tackle? If you told him then that he would make a tackle 100 times bigger I'm not sure he would have believed you, but he did!

[Peace]

What was that game a couple of years back where Marty made a game-saving run-down tackle? If you told him then that he would make a tackle 100 times bigger I'm not sure he would have believed you, but he did!

Richmond, SCG, Reiwoldt?

[mcs]

Has to be Mattner's play for me. I remember at the ground thinking at the time the Dawks player kicked it out to that side that I hoped he missed his target. Had he hit Birchall on the chest, we may very well be ruing the grand final that got away. What a huge play from Mattner that was to chase him down, tackle him and then force the ball out. A huge 1%er!

But so many others ... when my uni exams are on Monday I'll have to watch the game yet again to revisit them. Morton's 2 on 1 play, Goodesy miracle goal on 1 leg, Hanners Mark, Pyke's instinctive kick off the ground, Jetta's committment to force the ball clear for Hanners goal (that moment changed the game completely in my book - we had stopped the bleeding but didn't really look like clawing back the gap on the scoreboard), a couple of great moments from AJ, Teddy. So many- but that was is what makes our team a champion Team, and a PREMIERSHIP team. Still sounds bludy good doesn't it!

Bring on 2013 and doing it all again!

#BELIEVE - B2B SWANNIES IN '13!

[alison.z]

Favourite one-per center from the GF

Hanners' mark which clearly lifted the guys (they all mention it in their season reviews) and then clutch goal when it really mattered (and he has a habit of missing those!)