On the eve of his 300th game, Eddie Betts has listed the top five goals of his career, as seen in The Age.
Betts has kicked 569 goals in his 299 games as one of the most skilled and dynamic players to ever grace an AFL field.
From when he debuted in 2005 against the Roos in round one to this current date, Betts has been able to get fans on their feet with his knack to kick impossible goals.
He was awarded with three goal-of-the-year honors (2006, 2015 and 2016) and probably could have received many more.
He has narrowed it down to a top five:
3. Round 18, 2011, Carlton v Essendon, MCGย
Towards the end of his Carlton era, Betts produced some magic that night and was unlucky not to get the nod for the 2011 Goal of the Year with this performance.
Betts collected the ball next to the point post, baulked Henry Slattery, wrong foots young a young Dyson Heppell and finds himself with no room.
He then somehow manages to snap the ball through the big sticks with immense pressure coming from his right.
Betts:"I rate that Essendon one really, really high. I got it in the pocket and Dyson Heppell was coming the other way to cut me off. I went one way and slipped and got back up, baulked, and went the other way and slid myself around and ended up snapping it through."
