‘Give him a car': Aussie Rules erupts over sensational ‘mark of the century'

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Alex Jesaulenko, eat your heart out.
We have a new contender for the mark of the 21st century after a player in Victoria's Eastern Football League took an all-time specky on Saturday.
Playing for Blackburn Moreton Park against Balwyn, Daniel Wood took the sensational mark after the footy was kicked high into the air.
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Wood launched himself onto the shoulders of an opponent and got some unbelievable hang time, floating in the air before taking the mark and crashing to the turf.
A massive gasp went up in the crowd and his teammates were visibly in shock as he went flying to take the mark.
Wood landed heavily but thankfully appeared to be OK as teammates flocked to check on him and congratulate him on the mark, which has already been described as a candidate for mark of the century.
One opposition player can be seen halfheartedly calling for a score review in the background, before Wood made the moment even better by going back and kicking the goal.
Wood's mark evoked memories of Alex Jesaulenko's iconic for Carlton in the 1970 Grand Final, and Shaun Smith's all-time hanger in the goalsquare for Melbourne in 1995.
The Box Hill Hawks account X shared footage of the mark on social media, writing: 'Yesterday, while playing for Blackburn, our own Daniel Wood took one of the greatest marks in the history of Australian rules football.
'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.'
Former AFL player Daniel Gorringe was just as stunned, writing on his @dandoesfooty page: 'We should give him a car.'
One fan wrote on Instagram: 'If that was me I would just retire. Can't do any better than that.'
A second said: 'His boss is hoping he lands in time for work on Monday.'
A third joked: 'Score review what we can see is that the player has gone into space after that mark. Decision on the scoreboard.'
Another said: 'That's the greatest mark of all time.'
Wood's sensational mark comes a month after a VFL player left jaws on the floor with one of the longest goals ever kicked.
In the opening quarter of the VFL clash between Coburg and Sydney, it was Swans player Jordan Endemann who delivered the absurd scenes.
Off the back of a turnover, Endemann received the ball on the back flank before launching a torpedo towards his own half.
The kick was unloaded from just inside the back end of the centre square and quickly sailed out of view of the camera as it soared through the air.
As the camera panned toward Sydney's forward 50, Swans forward Jack Buller turned and began sprinting back towards goal.
The ball came back into view, landing around 25-30m from the goals. But the journey wasn't over there as it rolled end on end, beating out Buller and Coburg defender Rhys Galvin as it bounced through for a goal.