Top 5 - Take 5 Forwards (08.09.2026)

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Take five Tuesday, which means it is the forwards. And my goodness, didn't one game produce a plethora of outstanding performances from forwards.

Paul Heath? He almost could have put all, yeah, all of them from that one to make the top five. Just about. Almost made all of them. Yep.

Number one. Nick Watson, the wizard. So he only kicked two goals two, but he was the fire starter in the Hawthorne forward line. Brandon Walker. I didn't think Brandon Walker was the problem for free metal. He wasn't the solution either. He struggled to keep tabs on the wizard. So the wizard, two goals two, nine end disposals, 447 metres gain, two goal assist, five inside fifties, and nine score involvements. A brilliant game. Number two, Paddy Dangerfield. We've got American journalists eulogising Paddy Dangerfield after watching him play the one game, but five goals won, 21 disposals, 485 metres gained, a goal assist, 10 score involvements, and a big say in the outcome of the Geelong Carlton game. Number three, Logan MacDonald. So this might have been the performance of a forward at the weekend. So he not only does the business on Harris Andrews, the key to the Brisbane defence, but then he goes and kicks six goals too as well. It's a career best effort, probably a career best effort by a long way for Logan. 15 disposals, seven marks, 365 metres game, 10 score involvements, and a massive say in the outcome. Number four, Tom Pappley.

Tom is that player that you would love in your team, and you would not love if he was in another team. But he had a brilliant game as well. Five goals won, 16 disposals, 459 metres gained, 10 contested possessions. Four goal assists and 13 score involvements. That's very nice. And number five? Charlie Kerner. So he announced that he was on by taking a one-handed hanger in the first quarter of the match, and then he proceeded to just light it up for the entire match. And I think Brisbane went in a bit short in defence, and they paid the price for it, because Kerner, McDonald both had big games, and Hayden McLean even bobbed up for three goals as well. So Kerner kicks five goals one from 13 disposals, six marks, 452 metres gained, eight score involvements for inside 50s. His best finals performance in his career. And an apology? Yeah, Josh Ruscelli was close. I knew Josh. Three goals two, and they were big goals as well, at important times for the Adelaide Crows, 14 disposals, and he is going to have to shoot the lights out if they're going to threaten Brisbane at the Gabba this weekend. Yeah, always next week, Josh, you can make the Top 5

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