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This Aussie Rules Football Goal Is a Miracle of Geometry

Talk about a tight angle. 
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This Aussie Rules Football Goal Is a Miracle of Geometry
This Aussie Rules Football Goal Is a Miracle of Geometry

While Americans are waiting anxiously for the NFL to return on Thursday night, there was already some thrilling football action earlier in the day. Aussie rules football, that is. 

In AFL action between Richmond and Hawthorn, Richmond’s Dustin Martin scored a goal from what can only be described as an impossible angle, made even more impressive by the fact that he was dangerously close to running out of bounds. 

This photo does a good job of illustrating what Martin was looking at. 

Martin was voted as Richmond’s best player of the game (leading his side in passing) and was carried off the field on the shoulders of his teammates. 

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DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland writes Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, and is the host of the “Stadium Wonders” video series. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).

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