Box Hill Hawks VFL-listed player Daniel Wood ‘nearly hit the moon' with mark of the century for Blackburn

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Box Hill Hawks VFL -listed player Daniel Wood has taken one of the most freakish marks you're ever likely to see.
Playing for Blackburn in the Eastern Football Netball League's premier division on Saturday, Wood climbed on the shoulders of two Balwyn players to take an insane grab that would rival anything that high-flying AFL greats Gary Moorcroft, Andrew Walker or Jeremy Howe have ever taken.
Box Hill posted footage of the mark, which shows players from both sides in disbelief at the acrobatic effort.
'Yesterday, while playing for Blackburn, our own Daniel Wood took one of the greatest marks in the history of Australian rules football,' Box Hill wrote on social media.
'Don't believe me? Just watch... Give him a car, a boat, a plane, the International Space Station — this is as good as it gets.'
The video had already been seen by tens of thousands of people within hours of it going up.
'Maybe the best local footy mark ever seen yesterday. Crazy!!!' one admirer said of it on X.
'Who says MOTY has to be from AFL?' another added.
One person simply called it 'unbelievable'.
Someone else joked: 'This blokes head nearly hit the moon.'
To top it off, Wood went back and kicked the goal.
But it wasn't enough for his side to get the win, with Blackburn going down to Balwyn 68-57 in a top-three EFNL clash.
The game also featured former North Melbourne small forward Kayne Turner, former Carlton utility Ben Silvagni, whose brother Jack is still a star at the Blues, and former Brisbane forward Toby Wooller.
Wood's Box Hill Hawks played against North Melbourne's reserves on the same day at Arden Street, winning comfortably by 10 goals.
Making a rare appearance at VFL level, AFL champion Luke Breust kicked three goals, while young tall Calsher Dear kicked 2.2.
At AFL level, the Hawks dismantled the Roos by 85 points in Launceston.