There is no purer sporting joy than that of the humble falcon; the giddy glee that comes with watching a ball hone in on a some unsuspecting dumbass’s scone is truly unparalleled. And in that rich, bountiful genre we are pleased to bring you a true contender for 2019’s greatest hit.
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Courtesy of the majesty that is Brown Cardigan comes this absolute corker, which appears to have gone down in the middle of an otherwise ordinary piece of fan interaction during a recent Newcastle Knights home game.
Video of the blessed event shows a full-size ball being funnelled into a launcher, which is then cannoned high into the air where it hangs weightless for a brief, beautiful moment, before it dips earthward and scones old mate right in his stupid face.
Mag-fucken-nificent. Spectacular stuff. A true marvel.
As luck would have it, that wasn’t the only angle of the event captured on the night, with a far-closer shot showing just how violently his bonce recoils after being absolutely domed, as well as how universal the crowd’s reaction was.
How’s the sound of it? THA-WHACK. Mighty. Might and powerful.
It’s unclear just when the glorious falcon went down – minutes of deep journalistic research turned up the rough speculation that it might’ve happened at the Knights’ last home game against Wests on July 26th – but the when of it all is frankly irrelevant.
A falcon that good? That pure? That straight-into-the-goddamn-face? A falcon like that is timeless.
You hate/love to see it. You really do.