One great finals game is all it can take see your name etched amongst the greatest to pull on the boots.
Max Gawnโs performance last Friday against Geelong is one of these performances. Honestly, I was shocked he didnโt crack the double ton on Supercoach.
19 disposals, five goals, six tackles 33 hit-outs and five clearances is a stat line any ruckman would give their left leg for.
'Big Maxyโs prelim' performance left me pondering some of the greatest acts seen over the last 50 years.
Excluding Grand Finals and brilliant quarters such as Nick Davis โCome to Savisโ and Anthony Koutoufidies' efforts in '99, I have narrowed down a top 10 of individual games that will go down in the annals of Australian rules history.
6. Garry Lyon - 1994 Semi-Final
18 disposals, 16 kicks, 11 marks, two handballs and 10.4
Eight days after Carey's brilliance, the two sides who will fight for the 2021 Grand Final next week played against each other in front of 65,000ย at the MCG.
Just like Max Gawn nearly 27-years later, Melbourne Captain Gary Lyon put on a clinic kicking, however the former skipper's output was twice as nice in front of goal.
Lyon tore through four opponents on his way to 10 goals at three-quarter before the Demons romped home to a 79-point win.
