Andrew Walker Mark: Australian Football League Forward Climbs Defender To Make Unreal Catch (VIDEO)

You're not going to see a mark much better than this.

The following video comes from Melbourne's Carlton Australian Football League Club's match against rival Essendon on Saturday. Watch carefully, as Carlton forward Andrew Walker ignores the difference between his defender and a step-ladder to climb up for an incredible grab.

The catch is being called the "Mark Of The Year" and prompted Deadspin to suggest "eliminating offensive pass interference."

Carlton coach Brett Ratten was certainly impressed.

"I said to him at half-time to stay on the ground a bit more because I thought he was flying at everything," Ratten said in a post-game interview. "He looked at me when he came off and said 'Is that OK?' -- I said that's OK when you do that."

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Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Carlton rugby club was based in Auckland, New Zealand. It also misidentified coach Brett Ratten as "Bruce."

Comments

[Yrmie Tairi]

11:38 PM on 07/31/2011

just want to let the world know that you will never get a better game than aussie rules football and will never get a better team the the Collingwood Magpies. go the maggies

[Helen M Hill]

10:06 AM on 07/28/2011

This is pretty bizarre, I never thought the Huffington Post would bother itself with Australian Rules Football, but then to get it confused with Rugby and think that Carlton is in Auckland (actually New Zealand, a country where AFL is not played) one begins to wonder what is going on!

[The Cantankerist]

11:52 AM on 07/27/2011

Okay, yeah, clearly a bit of a car crash of an article. The effort is appreciated, though.

For the record: note that while a catch is "made" in baseball or NFL, a "mark" is "taken" in AFL football (just as a catch is "taken" in cricket). Also, he's an Australian Football League (or AFL) player, he doesn't play Australian League Football - you wouldn't call someone a National League Football player, would you?

I'd go for:

Aussie Rules Forward Andrew Walker Climbs Defender To Take Unreal "Mark"
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You're not going to see a "mark" much better than this.

The following video comes from the Australian Football League, where AFL clubs Carlton and Essendon squared off in Melbourne on Saturday. Watch carefully as Carlton forward Andrew Walker ignores the difference between his defender and a step-ladder to climb up for an incredible grab.

The leap is being called the "Mark Of The Year" and prompted Deadspin to suggest "eliminating offensive pass interference."

Carlton coach Bruce Ratten was certainly impressed.

"I said to him at half-time to stay on the ground a bit more because I thought he was flying at everything," Ratten said in a post-game interview. "He looked at me when he came off and said 'Is that OK?' -- I said that's OK when you do that."

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Not perfect, but much better.

[The Cantankerist]

11:58 AM on 07/27/2011

And inevitably, having sent it, I looked it over and said "wait a minute...":

Brett (not Bruce) Ratten is Carlton's coach. Where did *that* one come from?

[The Cantankerist]

12:00 PM on 07/27/2011

"Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Carlton rugby club was based in Auckland, New Zealand."

Oh, good grief. The Carlton rugby club IS based in Auckland, New Zealand! THIS IS NOT THAT CLUB!

[the Tom]

01:39 PM on 07/26/2011

NFL players would be doing that every Sunday if offensive pass interference wasn't against the rules.

[snakemon]

12:24 PM on 07/26/2011

All these comment's, wrong this and that;all I can say is WOW and keep 'em flying!!!!

[Yrmie Tairi]

11:46 PM on 07/31/2011

if you watch a full game thats when you will be saying wow all the hits and falls and still they get up and keep on playing without any helmets or anyother protection like the guys that play nfl

[sharp914]

10:56 AM on 07/26/2011

He could play in the NFL as a WR. Cool play though

[diabolique111]

06:51 AM on 07/26/2011

Please just delete this article, and never post another about Australian Rules Football ever again. Even when you try to correct it, you still get it wrong.

You guys have the internet, right? It's called wikipedia

[Yrmie Tairi]

11:44 PM on 07/31/2011

why never post an article about aussie rules footy.

[wellingtonian]

01:12 AM on 07/26/2011

That's some pretty weird "rugby" being played by "Auckland". I won't bother to post the corrections because pretty much everyone else has.

[Iain Banks]

10:18 PM on 07/25/2011

Gayest uniforms ever.

[Steven Finocchiaro]

09:02 PM on 07/25/2011

1. Wrong sport, that's Australian Rules Football.
2. Wrong city, Melbourne not Auckland.
3. Wrong country, Australia not New Zealand.
4. It's a 'mark' not a 'catch'.
Whoever writes/fact checks needs to be fired immediately.

[Blair Kooistra]

07:47 PM on 07/25/2011

AND they got the country wrong. Cummon. It's Australian Football League. In Australia. And that catch is called a mark. One this good, is a "Speccie"--a spectacular mark at that.

[KOSSNC]

09:40 AM on 07/26/2011

That looks dangerous. Is the defender not allowed to hit him in the air. In the American Professional football he would have gone out on a stretcher if he jumped that high with a defender near him.

[AleMaker]

07:29 PM on 07/25/2011

Since everyone is criticizing the article for not knowing what sport this is.....

From the article,
"The following video comes from Auckland New Zealand's Carlton Rugby Football Club's match against..."

The headline of the article states "Carlton Rugby forward climbs..."

So the article is not mistakenly calling the game a rugby game, it is stating that the forward for the Carlton Rugby Football Club climbed on top of the defender.

[AtlasBlueJ]

01:02 AM on 07/26/2011

That is still wrong.

The club does not play in Auckland, New Zealand, they play in Melbourne, Australia.

And they are not known as Carlton Rugby, they are the Carlton Football Club...you can see their initials on the logo on their shirts.

There should be no mention of rugby anywhere here

[AleMaker]

01:18 PM on 07/26/2011

On their website they call themselves the Grammar Carlton Rugby Football Club, and they say they are in Auckland, New Zealand. Maybe that's a different organization?

[Sam Mende]

07:07 PM on 07/25/2011

carlton are not from Auckland NZ but Melbourne Australia and this is AFL not rugby

[Nancisdad]

06:32 PM on 07/25/2011

Leather balls

[William Litchfield]

09:03 PM on 08/03/2011

wow, what a stupid comment

[Samuel John Anderson]

06:25 PM on 07/25/2011

This is not rugby